A variational formulation for barotropic quasi-geostrophic flows

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 67-79

  Bokhove, O ^a,d   Vanneste, J ^b,e   Warn, T ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lagrangian variational principle; Quasi geostrophic equations; Rossby number expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544346394     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929808245468     Document Type: Article

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