Stability of vortices in a two-layer ocean with uniform potential vorticity in the lower layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 502, Issue , 2004, Pages 207-232

  Benilov, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; WATERSHEDS;

OCEANIC VORTICES; TWO-LAYER OCEAN;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; STABILITY;

EID: 14744301426     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003007547     Document Type: Article

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