A scenario for finite-time singularity in the quasigeostrophic model

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.377zbMath1241.76227OpenAlexW2172029959MaRDI QIDQ2893740

Richard K. Scott

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/d2fd98f1ced858c264120532b3860474a6169085

zbMATH Keywords

instabilitygeophysical and geological flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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