A diagnostic study of global energy and enstrophy fluxes and spectra
Abstract
A diagnostic study of energy and enstrophy fluxes and spectra in terms of the two-dimensional wavenumber was carried out using data from the FGGE III-a global data set for January 1979. The study provides statistics on the non-linear exchanges of energy and enstrophy which are useful for studying atmospheric energetics and for evaluating global numerical models. The possible existence of an intertial subrange as allowed for in two-dimensional and quasi-geostrophic turbulence theory is investigated. Evidence of an inertial subrange beginning near wavenumber 22 is found.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v33i4.10728 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 411 - 414
Submitted on: Aug 7, 1980
Accepted on: Dec 22, 1980
Published on: Jan 1, 1981
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1981 Steven J. Lambert, published by Stockholm University Press
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