Vortex merger in oceanic tripoles

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1239-1251

  Rodríguez Marroyo, Rocío ^a   Viúdez, Álvaro ^a   Ruiz, Simon ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis modeling; Vortices

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIZATION; BAROCLINIC; BOUSSINESQ; CANARY ISLANDS; CO-ROTATING VORTICES; COUNTER-ROTATING VORTICES; CRITICAL ANGLES; FILAMENTATION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MERGING PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PROCESS-ORIENTED; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); VORTEX CORES; VORTEX DYNAMICS; VORTEX MERGER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

ALTIMETRY; BAROCLINIC MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX FLOW;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

EID: 79960376738     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4582.1     Document Type: Article

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