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Physical oceanography

the length scale at which turbulence on a beta-plane stops cascading to larger eddies and turns into Rossby waves and zonal jets.

In physical oceanography, Rhines scale refers to the length scale at which turbulence on a beta-plane stops cascading to larger eddies and turns into Rossby waves and zonal jets. This meaning comes from Rhines (1975) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics.[1]

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References

Rhines, P. B. (1975). Waves and turbulence on a beta-plane. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 69(3), 417-443. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112075001504

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