A formal theory for vortex Rossby waves and vortex evolution

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-309

  McWilliams, James C ^a   Graves, Lee P ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Vortex dynamics; Vortex Rossby waves; Wave mean flow interaction

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VORTEX FLOW;

ROSSBY-WAVE DYNAMICS; WAVE FLUXES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW WATER; THEORETICAL STUDY; VORTEX; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 0038627218     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309192031000108698     Document Type: Article

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