Statistical mechanics of two-dimensional and geophysical flows
By Freddy Bouchet, A. Venaille. 2011
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The theoretical study of the self-organization of two-dimensional and geophysical turbulent flows is addressed based on statistical mechanics methods. This review is a self-contained presentation of classical and recent works on this subject; from the statistical mechanics basis of the theory up to applications to Jupiter's troposphere and ocean vortices and jets. Emphasize has been placed on examples with available analytical treatment in order to favor better understanding of the physics and dynamics. The equilibrium microcanonical measure is built from the Liouville theorem. On this theoretical basis, we predict the output of the long time evolution of complex turbulent flows as statistical equilibria. This is applied to make quantitative models of two-dimensional turbulence, the Great Red Spot and other Jovian vortices, ocean jets like the Gulf-Stream, and ocean vortices. We also present recent results for non-equilibrium situations, for the studies of either the relaxation towards equilibrium or non-equilibrium steady states.
Subfields: Computational Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics
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- Mathematical and physical ideas for climate science (2013, background): “The theory developed by Miller (1990) and Robert and Sommeria (1991) (see also Bouchet and Venaille (2012) for a review) introduces a coarse-grained vorticity field ω, which corresponds to the macroscopic state of the flow.”