Vortex merger in rotating stratified flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 455, Issue , 2002, Pages 83-101

  Dritschel, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; FREQUENCIES; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

STRATIFIED FLOWS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 0037171425     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112001007364     Document Type: Article

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