Vortex merging in quasi-geostrophic flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 412, Issue , 2000, Pages 331-353

  Von Hardenberg, J ^a   McWilliams, J C ^b   Provenzale, A ^a   Shchepetkin, A ^b   Weiss, J B ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; VORTEX;

NUMERICAL MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 0033928378     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112000008442     Document Type: Article

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