The stability and the nonlinear evolution of quasi-geostrophic hetons

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 636, Issue , 2009, Pages 109-135

  Reinaud, Jean N ^a   Carton, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC APPROXIMATIONS; SPATIAL REORGANIZATION; STABILITY PROPERTIES;

STABILITY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 76249131967     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007812     Document Type: Article

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