Vortex merger in rotating stratified flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112001007364MaRDI QIDQ4531434zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David G. Dritschel

Publication date 26 January 2004

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112001007364

zbMATH Keywords

separation distancesymmetric vorticesthree-dimensional quasi-geostrophic fluiduniform-potential-vorticity ellipsoids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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