The heton, an elementary interaction between discrete baroclinic geostrophic vortices, and its implications concerning eddy heat-flow

DOI10.1098/rspa.1985.0001zbMath0571.76017OpenAlexW2095469430MaRDI QIDQ3687921

Nelson G. Hogg, H. M. Stommel

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1985.0001

zbMATH Keywords

two-layer systemhetonthermal heatingtwo-layer oceanconservation of potential vorticityatmospheric and ocean dynamicsdiscrete baroclinic geostrophic vorticeseddy heat-flownon-trivial interaction between the vorticespairs of vortices

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