Publications

Halting scale and energy equilibration in two-dimensional quasigeostrophic turbulence
J. Fluid Mech., 2013, 721, R4 (R. K. Scott and D. G. Dritschel)

Vortical control of forced two-dimensional turbulence
Phys. Fluids, 2013, 25, 015101 (J. Fontane, D. G. Dritschel, and R. K. Scott)

The generation of zonal jets by large-scale mixing
Phys. Fluids, 2012, 24, 126601 (R. K. Scott and A.-S. Tissier)

The structure of zonal jets in geostrophic turbulence
J. Fluid Mech., 2012, 711, 576--598 (R. K. Scott and D. G. Dritschel)

Extracting waves and vortices from Lagrangian trajectories
Geophys. Res. Lett., 2011, 38, L23605 (J. M. Lilly, R. K. Scott, and S. C. Olhede)

A scenario for finite-time singularity in the quasigeostrphic equations
J. Fluid Mech., 2011, 687, 492--502 (R. K. Scott)

Number of degrees of freedom and energy spectrum of surface quasi-geostrophic turbulence
J. Fluid Mech., 2011, 684 427--440 (C. V. Tran, L. A. Blackbourne, and R. K. Scott)

Jet sharpening by turbulent mixing
Phil. Tran. Roy. Soc. A, 2011, 369, 754--770 (D. G. Dritschel and R. K. Scott)

Polar accumulation of cyclonic vorticity
Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 2011, 105, 409--420 (R. K. Scott)

Effective degrees of nonlinearity in a family of generalized models of two-dimensional turbulence
Phys. Rev. E, 2010 , 81, 01630 (C. V. Tran, D. G. Dritschel, R. K. Scott)

The structure of zonal jets in shallow water turbulence on the sphere
IUTAM Symposium on Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans , 2010, IUTAM Bookseries 28, 243--252 (R. K. Scott)

Late time evolution of unforced inviscid two-dimensional turbulence
J. Fluid Mech., 2009 , 640, 217--235 (D. G. Dritschel, R. K. Scott, C. Macaskill, G. A. Gottwald, C. V. Tran)

The influence of stratospheric potential vorticity on baroclinic instability
Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 2009 , 135, 1673--1683 (L. A. Smy, R. K. Scott)

On the simulation of nearly inviscid two-dimensional turbulence
J. Comp. Phys., 2009 , 228, 2707--2711 (D. G. Dritschel, R. K. Scott)

Equatorial superrotation in shallow atmospheres
Geophys. Res. Lett., 2008, 35, L24202 (R. K. Scott, L. M. Polvani)

Unifying scaling theory for vortex dynamics in two-dimensional turbulence
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2008 , 101, 094501 (D. G. Dritschel, R. K. Scott, C. Macaskill, G. A. Gottwald, C. V. Tran)

Internal variability of the winter stratosphere. Part II: Time-dependent forcing.
J. Atmos. Sci., 2008, 65, 2375--2388 (R. K. Scott, L. M. Polvani, D. W. Waugh)

A barotropic model of the angular momentum conserving potential vorticity staircase in spherical geometry
J. Atmos. Sci., 2008, 65, 1105--1136 (T. J. Dunkerton, R. K. Scott)

Revisiting Batchelor's theory of two-dimensional turbulence
J. Fluid Mech., 2007, 591, 379--391 (D. G. Dritschel, C. V. Tran, R. K. Scott)

Forced-dissipative shallow-water turbulence on the sphere and the atmospheric circulation of the giant planets
J. Atmos. Sci., 2007, 64, 3158--3176 (R. K. Scott, L. M. Polvani)

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

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

Enhancement of Rossby wave breaking by steep potential vorticity gradients in the winter stratosphere
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