Analytical solutions for circular stratified eddies of the reduced-gravity shallow-water equations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1693-1702

  Dotsenko, Sergey ^a   Rubino, Angelo ^b,c  

^a MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SWIRLING FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CIRCULAR STRATIFIED EDDIES; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EDDY; GRAVITY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33750106734     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2942.1     Document Type: Article

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