Publications

Revisiting Batchelor's theory of two-dimensional turbulence
Submitted to J. Fluid Mech., 2006 (D. G. Dritschel, C. V. Tran, R. K. Scott)

Refereed

Non-robustness of the two-dimensional turbulent inverse cascade
Phys. Rev. E., 75, 046301, 2007 (R. K. Scott)

A barotropic model of the angular momentum conserving potential vorticity staircase in spherical geometry
J. Atmos. Sci., to appear, 2007 (T. J. Dunkerton, R. K. Scott)

Forced-dissipative shallow-water turbulence on the sphere and the atmospheric circulation of the giant planets
J. Atmos. Sci., to appear, 2007 (R. K. Scott, L. M. Polvani)

Local and nonlocal advection of a passive scalar.
Phys. Fluids, 18, 116601, 2006 (R. K. Scott)

The Antarctic stratospheric sudden warming of 2002: A self-tuned resonance?
Geophys. Res. Lett., 2006, 33, L12804 (J. G. Esler, L. M. Polvani, R. K. Scott)

Internal variability of the winter stratosphere. Part I: Time-independent forcing.
J. Atmos. Sci., 2006, 63, 2758--2776 (R. K. Scott, L. M. Polvani)

Vortex-vortex interactions in the winter stratosphere
J. Atmos. Sci., 2006, 63, 726--740 (R. K. Scott, D. G. Dritschel)

On the excitation of transient Rossby waves on the polar stratospheric vortex and the barotropic sudden warming
J. Atmos. Sci., 2005, 62, 3661--3682 (J. G. Esler, R. K. Scott)

The stability of quasi-geostrophic ellipsoidal vortices.
J. Fluid Mech., 2005, 536, 401--421 (D. G. Dritschel, R. K. Scott, J. N. Reinaud)

Downward wave propagation on the polar vortex.
J. Atmos. Sci., 2005, 62, 3382--3395 (R. K. Scott, D. G. Dritschel)

Quasi-geostrophic vortices in compressible atmospheres.
J. Fluid Mech., 2005, 530, 305--325 (R. K. Scott, D. G. Dritschel)

Wave reflection and focussing prior to the major stratospheric warming of 2002.
J. Atmos. Sci., 2005, 62, 640--650 (N. Harnik, R. K. Scott, J. Perlwitz)

An initial-value test case for dynamical cores of atmospheric general circulation models.
Mon. Weather. Rev., 2004, 132, 2539--2552 (L. M. Polvani, R. K. Scott, S. J. Thomas)

An initial-value problem for testing numerical models of the global shallow water equations
Tellus A, 2004, 56, 429--440 (J. Galewsky, R. K. Scott, L. M. Polvani)

Stratospheric influence on baroclinic lifecycles: Connection to the Arctic Oscillation.
Geophys. Res. Letters, 2004, 31, L16113, doi:10.1029/2004GL020503 (M. A. Wittman, L. M. Polvani, R. K. Scott, A. J. Charlton)

The influence of vortex edge thickness on Rossby wave breaking.
J. Atmos. Sci., 2004, 61, 904--918 (R. K. Scott, D. G. Dritschel, L. M. Polvani, D. W. Waugh)

Stratospheric control of upward wave flux near the tropopause.
Geophys. Res. Letters, 2004, 31, L02115, doi:10.1029/2003GL017965 (R. K. Scott, L. M. Polvani)

Equivalent length and contour lengthening rates in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere region.
J. Geophys. Res., 2003, 108, 4394, doi:10.1029/2002JD002988 (R. K. Scott, E. F. Shuckburgh, J.-P. Cammas, B. Legras)

The wave driven mean meridional circulation in the stratosphere
J. Atmos. Sci., 2002, 59, 2745--2759 (R. K. Scott)

Wave breaking and mixing at the subtropical tropopause
J. Atmos. Sci., 2002, 59, 2347--2361 (R. K. Scott & J.-P. Cammas)

The seasonal cycle of planetary waves in the winter stratosphere
J. Atmos. Sci., 2002, 59, 803--822 (R. K. Scott & P. H. Haynes)

Stratospheric filamentation into the upper tropical troposphere
J. Geophys. Res., 2001, 106, 11835--11848 (R. K. Scott, J.-P. Cammas, P. Mascart, C. Stolle)

Existence of strong solutions to the generalized inverse of the quasigeostrophic equations
Inverse Problems, 2000, 16, 891--907 (R. K. Scott)

Assimilation of surface current measurements in a coastal ocean model.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2000, 30, 2359--2378 (R. K. Scott, J. S. Allen, G. D. Egbert, R. N. Miller)

Internal vacillations in stratosphere only models.
J. Atmos. Sci., 2000, 57, 3233--3250 (R. K. Scott & P. H. Haynes)

Internal interannual variability of the extratropical stratospheric circulation: The low-latitude flywheel.
Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 1998, 124, 2149--2173 (R. K. Scott & P. H. Haynes)

Non-refereed

An efficient spectral dynamical core for distributed memory computers
NCAR Technical Report, 2004, NCAR/TN-456+IA (R. K. Scott, L. Rivier, R. Loft, L. M. Polvani)

The effect of extratropical wave forcing on tropical upwelling
Proceedings of the SPARC 2000 general assembly (R. K. Scott & P. H. Haynes)

Isentropic transport and mixing rates across the tropopause
Proceedings of the SPARC 2000 general assembly (R. K. Scott, J.-P. Cammas, B. Legras)

Seasonal and interannual variations of the stratospheric circulation.
PhD Thesis, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, 1996