The structure and evolution of elliptical barotropic modons

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 530, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-30

  Khvoles, R ^a   Berson, D ^a   Kizner, Zinovyk ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; BAROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAPHIC METHODS;

BAROMETRIC DIPOLES; BAROMETRIC MODONS; ELLIPTICAL FRONTIERS; SEPARATRIX;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 19744379785     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004003234     Document Type: Article

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