HPCC Quasigeostrophic Turbulence

Certain types of turbulence that occur in the oceans, atmosphere, or even on other planets are modeled using Quasi-Geostrophic equations. Visualizations of high resolution simulations are studied to help understand the evolution and interaction of rotating structures within a turbulent fluid.This work on rotating, stably stratified, imcompressible turbulence was supported under the auspices of the HPCC Grand Challenge research in fluid turbulence.