Turbulence and jet-driven zonal flows: Secondary circulation in rotating fluids due to asymmetric forcing
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2470-0045,2470-0053
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.99.023108