The motion of a non-isolated vortex on the beta-plane

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 346, Issue , 1997, Pages 149-179

  Llewellyn Smith, Stefan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSIONS; GAUSSIAN VORTEX; RANKINE VORTEX;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX; VORTICITY; WAVE;

BETA-PLANE; FLOW MODELLING; VORTICES;

EID: 0031224838     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006290     Document Type: Article

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