Simulation of turbulent water-flow patterns within a large area (1000 km x 1000 km) of the ocean at mid-latitudes. The colors differentiate between cyclonic (red) and anticyclonic (blue) vortices and filaments.
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Cyclone-Anticyclone Asymmetry in Geophysical TurbulenceGuillaume Roullet and Patrice Klein
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 218501 (2010)
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