Two-layer geostrophic vortex dynamics. Part 2. Alignment and two-layer V-states

DOI10.1017/S0022112091002045zbMath0722.76093MaRDI QIDQ3210316

Lorenzo M. Polvani

Publication date: 1991

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

zbMATH Keywords

alignmentvorticeshetonsrapidly rotating fluidtwo- dimensional turbulencebarotropic-to-baroclinic energygeostrophical potential vorticity alignmenthorizontal separation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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