Interaction between two quasi-geostrophic vortices of unequal potential vorticity

DOI10.1017/S0022112007000018zbMath1133.76012OpenAlexW2135642876WikidataQ59198042 ScholiaQ59198042MaRDI QIDQ5458053

Ersin Özuğurlu, Jean N. Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel

Publication date: 10 April 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112007000018

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic methodlinear stabilityequilibrium states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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