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Vortex core radius in baroclinic turbulence: Implications for scaling predictions

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We revisit the vortex gas scaling theory for heat transport by baroclinic turbulence based on the empirical observation that the vortex core radius departs from the Rossby deformation radius for very low bottom drag coefficient. We derive a scaling prediction for the vortex core radius. For linear bottom drag this scaling dependence for the vortex core radius does not affect the vortex gas predictions for the eddy diffusivity and mixing length, (2020)]. By contrast, for quadratic drag the scaling dependence of the core radius induces new scaling laws for the eddy diffusivity and mixing length when the quadratic-drag coefficient becomes asymptotically low. We validate the modified scaling predictions through numerical simulations of the two-layer model with very low quadratic-drag coefficient.

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cea-04485630 , version 1 (01-03-2024)

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Gabriel Hadjerci, Basile Gallet. Vortex core radius in baroclinic turbulence: Implications for scaling predictions. Physical Review Fluids, 2023, 8 (9), pp.094501. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.094501⟩. ⟨cea-04485630⟩
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