The effect of planetary rotation on the zigzag instability of co-rotating vortices in a stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 553, Issue , 2006, Pages 273-281

  Otheguy, Pantxika ^a,b   Billant, Paul ^a   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STABILITY;

CO-ROTATING VORTICES; FROUDE NUMBER; PLANETARY ROTATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPIC FLUIDS; ROSSBY NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLUID; TALL-COLUMN INSTABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ZIGZAG INSTABILITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

BUOYANCY; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW;

STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 33645665141     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005008050     Document Type: Article

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