A monopolar vortex encounters a north-south ridge or trough

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-179

  Van Geffen, J H G M ^a,b   Davies, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational methods in fluid dynamics; Vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

MONOPOLAR VORTEX;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; VORTEX;

EID: 0034162901     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(99)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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