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Original Articles

On the kinematic properties of the —3 law for kinetic energy

Pages 487-492 | Received 04 Apr 1979, Published online: 15 Dec 2016
 

Abstract

It is shown that if the kinetic energy follows a —3 power law in terms of the two-dimensional index n then it will follow the same power law in term of the zonal wave number l and the north-south wave number j. The effects of truncation of representations on these power laws are documented to aid in the interpretation of data analyses and model results.