Variational asymptotics for rotating shallow water near geostrophy: A transformational approach

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 551, Issue , 2006, Pages 197-234

  Oliver, Marcel ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; VORTEX FLOW; WATER;

DEGENERACY; GEOSTROPHY; ROTATING SHALLOW WATER;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WATER;

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MODEL; ROTATING FLOW; SHALLOW WATER;

EID: 33646812211     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005008256     Document Type: Article

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