The merger of vertically offset quasi-geostrophic vortices

DOI10.1017/S0022112002001854zbMATH Open1152.76347MaRDI QIDQ4797137FDOQ4797137

Authors: Jean N. Reinaud, David G. Dritschel 

Publication date: 12 March 2003

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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