The merger of vertically offset quasi-geostrophic vortices

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 469, Issue , 2002, Pages 287-315

  Reinaud, J N ^a   Dritschel, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; STABILITY;

QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC VORTICES;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW ATTACHMENT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 0037174889     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112002001854     Document Type: Article

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