Baroclinic modon equilibria on the beta-plane: stability and transitions

DOI10.1017/S0022112002001611zbMath1019.76020OpenAlexW2052732781MaRDI QIDQ4797156

R. Khvoles, Ziv Kizner, Dimitry Berson

Publication date: 3 April 2003

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112002001611

zbMATH Keywords

stabilitypotential vorticitytransitioncoherent vortex structuresbeta-planeeastward-travelling baroclinic modonsmodon equilibriatrapped-fluid region

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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