Interaction between two quasi-geostrophic vortices of unequal potential vorticity

DOI10.1017/S0022112007000018MaRDI QIDQ5458053zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ersin Özuğurlu, Jean N. Reinaud, David G. Dritschel

Publication date 10 April 2008

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112007000018

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic methodequilibrium stateslinear stability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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