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  "abstract": "We perform direct numerical simulations of rotating turbulence to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of large-scale geostrophic vortices. We confirm that the Reynolds stresses generated by inertial waves are consistent with the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes balance of the large-scale flow and demonstrate the predicted cyclone-anticyclone asymmetry, with cyclones exhibiting stronger azimuthal velocities and more compact cores. Wave-field analysis provides evidence that geostrophic vortices selectively reflect and absorb inertial waves according to the sign of their angular momentum. Wave absorption occurs either through the formation of a critical layer ahead of the reflection point or through enhanced viscous dissipation associated with increasing local wavenumber. As rotation increases, fewer inertial waves undergo resonant absorption, reducing angular-momentum transfer to the vortices and weakening the geostrophic flow. Consequently, the fraction of energy contained in geostrophic modes depends non-monotonically on the rotation rate, demonstrating that sufficiently rapid rotation can ultimately suppress, rather than enhance, turbulence two-dimensionalization.",
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      "name": "Vladimir Parfenyev"
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      "name": "Sergey Vergeles"
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  "title": "Wave-driven geostrophic vortices in rotating turbulence",
  "title_text": "Wave-driven geostrophic vortices in rotating turbulence",
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