The origin of jets and vortices in turbulent planetary atmospheres
Thibault JOUGLA ; LEGI ; Oct.2015 - Oct. 2018
Phd student : Thibault JOUGLA ; LEGI ; Oct.2015 - Oct. 2018 Supervision : Jan-Bert Flór (LEGI), David Dritschel (St Andrews University) Funding : 50% St. Andrews University (UK) / 50% Labex Doctoral School : Terre-Univers-Environnement ; Grenoble
Abstract A striking feature of the large-scale turbulent motions of planetary atmospheres and oceans is the presence of well-defined zonal jets, coexisting with a background turbulent flow, often containing coherent long-lived vortices. The (…)