The motion of an intense vortex near topography

DOI10.1017/S0022112098001554zbMath0930.76018OpenAlexW2128409076MaRDI QIDQ4224536

N. Robb McDonald

Publication date: 14 February 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112098001554

zbMATH Keywords

cyclonessecondary circulationflux of energyprimary vortexmethod of contour dynamicsanticyclonesintegral expressions for velocity componentsquasi-geostrophic equivalent-barotropic singular vortexshallow water regionvortex drift velocity components

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47)

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