Interactions of isolated vortices I: Modons colliding with modons

DOI10.1080/03091928208208956zbMath0483.76030OpenAlexW2016656163WikidataQ114640708 ScholiaQ114640708MaRDI QIDQ3942583

James C. McWilliams, Norman J. Zabusky

Publication date: 1982

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928208208956

zbMATH Keywords

modonssoliton-likeinelastic effectsmodon capture or fusionvorticity filamentationvorticity rearrangementcollisions between isolated (i.e. localized) dipolar vortex statesquasigeostrophic, equivalent barotropic equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B25) Geophysics (86A99)

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