Rotating modons over isolated topography in a two-layer ocean (Q1365521)

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Rotating modons over isolated topography in a two-layer ocean
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    Rotating modons over isolated topography in a two-layer ocean (English)
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    15 January 1998
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    The authors study a rotating flow of a two-layer fluid over an axisymmetric bottom topography. The relevant steady quasigeostrophic equations are solved when vorticity is a unique function of the streamfunction, assuming only linear relationships. In each layer vorticity is zero outside a prescribed radius, larger for the lower layer. Continuity at these boundaries results in a complicated eigenvalue problem. The authors discuss various solutions and possible applications.
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    two-layer fluid
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    baroclinic eddies
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    nonlinear vortices
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    axisymmetric bottom topography
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    steady quasigeostrophic equations
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    streamfunction
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    eigenvalue problem
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