Dynamical properties of vortical structures on the beta-plane

DOI10.1017/S002211209400128XzbMath0818.76007OpenAlexW2125382111MaRDI QIDQ4313291

G. G. Sutyrin, J. P. Lynov, Jens Juul Rasmussen, Jan S. Hesthaven

Publication date: 15 August 1995

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211209400128x

zbMATH Keywords

streamfunctionparticle trajectoriespotential vorticitylong-time evolutionbarotropic quasi-geostrophic equationlarge-scale gradient

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47)

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