The universal aspect ratio of vortices in rotating stratified flows: experiments and observations

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.176zbMath1275.76212arXiv1203.1562MaRDI QIDQ2863220

Patrice Le Gal, Oriane Aubert, Michael Le Bars, Philip S. Marcus

Publication date: 21 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1562

zbMATH Keywords

vortex flows; rotating flows; stratified flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

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