2D Image of the Velocity in An Internal Jet (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

2D Image of the Velocity in An Internal Jet

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A 2D image of the velocity in an internal jet with the Rossby number of 100 that shows how planetary rotation leads to the destabilization and dispersion of an initially coherent flow pattern.

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Timour Radko and David Lorfeld

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