Vortex evolution due to straining: a mechanism for dominance of strong, interior anticyclones

DOI10.1080/03091920600792041zbMath1206.76013OpenAlexW2166218187MaRDI QIDQ3081214

Michael Montgomery, Lee Paul Graves, James C. McWilliams

Publication date: 5 March 2011

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091920600792041

zbMATH Keywords

vortexanticyclonestrain deformationvortex rossby wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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