Vortex merging in quasi-geostrophic flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112000008442MaRDI QIDQ4500147zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Von Hardenberg, James C. McWilliams, Antonello Provenzale, Alexander F. Shchepetkin, Jeffrey B. Weiss

Publication date 27 February 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000008442

zbMATH Keywords

numerical simulationsquasi-geostrophic flowssymmetric vortex mergersecondary instabilitiesbaroclinic vorticescritical merging distance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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