Zonal Jets and Shear: Transport Properties of Two-Dimensional Fluid Flows

• Main Author: Durston, Sam
• Other Authors: Gilbert, Andrew David
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Exeter 2015
• Subjects: polar night
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18310

It is well known that instabilities in rotational flows, such as those found on planets or in the solar tachocline, lead to the formation of long-lived zonal jets. Pioneered by the work of Rhines, after whom the fundamental length scale of these jets is named, much work has been put into simulating...