The instability and breakdown of tall columnar vortices in a quasi-geostrophic fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 328, Issue , 1996, Pages 129-160

  Dritschel, David G ^a   De La Torre Juârez, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ FLUIDS; CONTOUR SURGERY ALGORITHMS; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; LINEAR STABILITY; TALL COLUMNAR VORTICES;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

INSTABILITY; STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTICES;

EID: 0030441243     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096008671     Document Type: Article

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