The origin of jets and vortices in turbulent oceans and atmospheres
Laboratoire(s)/équipe(s) du LabEx OSUG impliqué(e.s) : LEGI, St Andrews University, Ecosse
Porteur du projet : Jan-Bert FLOR Résumé
The Earth’s Jetstream and the multiple jets on Jupiter are the most well known large-scale motions in planetary atmospheres. Closer observation shows that these jets are embedded in a sea of small-scale vortices that are present due to instabilities of the main flow as well as convective forcing on smaller scales. How the large and small scales of motion (…)