Poisson geometry and first integrals of geostrophic equations

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 237, Issue 14-17, 2008, Pages 2072-2077

  Khesin, Boris ^a   Lee, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffeomorphism group; Enstrophy invariants; Geostrophic equations; Hamiltonian reduction; Poisson structure; Wasserstein space

Indexed keywords

PHYSICS;

DIFFEOMORPHISMS; ENSTROPHY; GEOSTROPHIC EQUATIONS; HAMILTONIAN REDUCTIONS; POISSON STRUCTURE; WASSERSTEIN SPACES;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 47049111063     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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