Stratification effects on the stability of columnar vortices on the f-plane

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 355, Issue , 1998, Pages 45-79

  Potylitsin, P G ^a   Peltier, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STABILITY; STRATIFICATION; VORTEX;

STABILITY; STRATIFICATION; VORTICES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COLUMNAR VORTICES; KELVIN HELMHOLTZ VORTICES; TAYLOR PROUDMAN THEOREM;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0031651629     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007726     Document Type: Article

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