Abstract
Mesoscale eddies act to mix fluid parcels in a way that is highly constrained by the stratified nature of the fluid. The residual-mean theory provides the link between the different views that are apparent from averaging these turbulent flow fields in height coordinates and in density coordinates. It reduces the parameterization problem from three dimensions to two dimensions and it shows how the eddy fluxes are skew-symmetric in height coordinates so that the total advection velocity can be adiabatic.
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McDougall, T.J. (1998). Three-Dimensional Residual-Mean Theory. In: Chassignet, E.P., Verron, J. (eds) Ocean Modeling and Parameterization. NATO Science Series, vol 516. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5096-5_12
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