Optimal potential vorticity balance of geophysical flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 521, Issue , 2004, Pages 343-352

  Viúdez, Álvaro ^a   Dritschel, David G ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; ITERATIVE METHODS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

HYDROSTATIC DYNAMICS; OPTIMAL POTENTIAL VORTICITY (OPV); SHALLOW-WATER DYNAMICS; UNSTEADY VORTICES;

VORTEX FLOW;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 12144269012     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004002058     Document Type: Article

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