Barotropic vortex pairs on a rotating sphere

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 358, Issue , 1998, Pages 107-133

  Dibattista, Mark T ^a   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROTROPIC VORTEX PAIRS; ROTATING SPHERES;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0032028175     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097008100     Document Type: Article

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