Chjan C. Lim
Laboratory for Turbulence Research
The Energy-Enstrophy Model
System on the Sphere
These results were obtained using a Monte Carlo algorithm on an energy-enstrophy statistical equilibrium model for quasi-two dimensional turbulence on a sphere at small positive temperatures. There appears to be a phase transition between the wavy banded pattern and a chaotic pattern at a higher temperature.
System Parameters:
| Beta (inverse temperature): 10 | Mu (chemical potential for enstrophy): 10 | Maximum site change per flip: 0.2 | Random number seed: time of day |
| Enstrophy unconstrained | Site values unconstrained | Circulation: 0 | Initial enstrophy: 100 |
| Initial State of Absolute Vorticity
Red represents positive vorticity; blue represents negative vorticity. |
Final State of Wavy Banded Rotation
Red represents positive vorticity; blue represents negative vorticity. |
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