A numerical investigation of the stability of isolated shallow water vortices

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2562-2573

  Stegner, A ^a   Dritschel, D G ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; CIRCULATION MODELING; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STABILITY; VORTEX;

EID: 0033659172     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<2562:ANIOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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