An analytical study of general hyper-diffusivity and barotropic eddies

DOI10.1080/03091920410001659290zbMath1206.86004MaRDI QIDQ3080159

Sanjeeva Balasuriya

Publication date: 5 March 2011

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091920410001659290

zbMATH Keywords

barotropic eddies; eddy geometry; eddy lifetime; hyper-diffusivity; meridional drift

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids

86A10: Meteorology and atmospheric physics

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