Balanced solutions for an ellipsoidal vortex in a rotating stratified flow

DOI10.1017/jfm.2016.462zbMath1456.76137OpenAlexW2497110378MaRDI QIDQ4976807

William J. McKiver, David Gerard Dritschel

Publication date: 2 August 2017

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10227

zbMATH Keywords

vortex dynamicsgeostrophic turbulencegeophysical and geological flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geophysical flows (76U60)

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The ellipsoidal vortex: a novel approach to geophysical turbulence ⋮ Balanced ellipsoidal vortex at finite Rossby number ⋮ The merger of geophysical vortices at finite Rossby and Froude number ⋮ Finite Froude and Rossby numbers counter-rotating vortex pairs ⋮ Scales of vertical motions due to an isolated vortex in ageostrophic balanced flows ⋮ Balanced ellipsoidal vortex equilibria in a background shear flow at finite Rossby number ⋮ Point-vortex dynamics in three-dimensional ageostrophic balanced flows

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