Bending and twisting instabilities of columnar elliptical vortices in a rotating strongly stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112006000516zbMath1157.76329OpenAlexW2162587330MaRDI QIDQ5489215

Paul Billant, Chomaz, Jean-Marc, David Gerard Dritschel

Publication date: 25 September 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112006000516

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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