Intense vortex motion in a stratified fluid on the beta-plane: An analytical theory and its validation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 336, Issue , 1997, Pages 203-220

  Sutyrin, Georgi G ^a   Morel, Yves G ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b EPSHOM/CMO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ROSSBY WAVES; VORTEX TRAJECTORIES;

VORTEX FLOW;

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTICES;

FLOW MODELLING; STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTICES;

EID: 0031126926     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004685     Document Type: Article

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