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physics.ao-ph2015★ 41 cited
Why Eddy Momentum Fluxes are Concentrated in the Upper Troposphere
Farid Ait-Chaalal, Tapio Schneider
The extratropical eddy momentum flux (EMF) is controlled by generation, propagation, and dissipation of large-scale eddies and is concentrated in Earth's upper troposphere. An idea…
physics.flu-dyn2015★ 29 cited
Cumulant expansions for atmospheric flows
Farid Ait-Chaalal, Tapio Schneider, Bettina Meyer +1
The equations governing atmospheric flows are nonlinear. Consequently, the hierarchy of cumulant equations is not closed. But because atmospheric flows are inhomogeneous and anisot…