The universal aspect ratio of vortices in rotating stratified flows: theory and simulation

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.180zbMath1275.76216arXiv1203.1561OpenAlexW2124647240WikidataQ59939927 ScholiaQ59939927MaRDI QIDQ2863221

Pedram Hassanzadeh, Patrice Le Gal, Philip S. Marcus

Publication date: 21 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1561

zbMATH Keywords

vortex flowsrotating flowsstratified flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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