Destructive interactions between two counter-rotating quasi-geostrophic vortices

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 639, Issue , 2009, Pages 195-211

  Reinaud, Jean N ^a   Dritschel, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; STABILITY;

COUNTER ROTATING; LINEAR STABILITY; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC VORTICES; SEPARATION DISTANCES; TILT ANGLE; VOLUME RATIO;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW STABILITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROTATING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 76349094273     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009990954     Document Type: Article

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