Dynamics of baroclinic vortices in a rotating, stratified fluid: A numerical study

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 419-432

  Verzicco, R ^a   Lalli, F ^b   Campana, E ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN SHIP MODEL BASIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; BAROCLINIC FLOW; BAROTROPIC FLOW; EKMAN LAYER; FLOW INSTABILITY; ROTATING STRATIFIED FLUIDS; WAVE NUMBER;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031077341     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869136     Document Type: Article

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