@article{72751bd32ca445a698a90aca7034ee39,
title = "Physics of zonal flows",
abstract = "Zonal flows, which means azimuthally symmetric band-like shear flows, are ubiquitous phenomena in nature and the laboratory. It is now widely recognized that zonal flows are a key constituent in virtually all cases and regimes of drift wave turbulence, indeed, so much so that this classic problem is now frequently referred to as {"}drift wave-zonal flow turbulence.{"} In this review, new viewpoints and unifying concepts are presented, which facilitate understanding of zonal flow physics, via theory, computation and their confrontation with the results of laboratory experiment. Special emphasis is placed on identifying avenues for further progress.",
author = "K. Itoh and Itoh, {S. I.} and Diamond, {P. H.} and Hahm, {T. S.} and A. Fujisawa and Tynan, {G. R.} and M. Yagi and Y. Nagashima",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research (16002005) of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (15360495), by the Collaboration Programs of NIFS (NIFS03KDAD001, NIFS03KKMD001) and the RIAM of Kyushu University, by Asada Eiichi Research Foundation, by the 4-2-4 programme of Kyushu University, by the U.S. DOE under Grant Nos. FG03-88ER53275 and FG02-04ER54738, and by the U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC02-76-CHO-3073. Some of the authors (K.I., P.H.D., T.S.H., A.F., G.R.T.) would like to acknowledge the hospitality of and financial support from Kyushu University, where much of this work was carried out. Another author (P.H.D.) also acknowledges support from and the hospitality of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, of the University of Cambridge.",
year = "2006",
month = may,
doi = "10.1063/1.2178779",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
journal = "Physics of Plasmas",
issn = "1070-664X",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "5",
}