The stability of a quasi-geostrophic ellipsoidal vortex in a background shear flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112006000462zbMath1122.76036OpenAlexW2135815763MaRDI QIDQ5482235

William J. McKiver, David Gerard Dritschel

Publication date: 28 August 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112006000462

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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