Kelvin wave hydraulic control induced by interactions between vortices and topography

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 687, Issue , 2011, Pages 194-208

  Hogg, Andrew McC ^a   Dewar, William K ^b   Berloff, Pavel ^c   Ward, Marshall L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geostrophic turbulence; hydraulic control; rotating flows

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTI-CYCLONIC VORTICES; CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; CRITICAL CONDITION; DIPOLAR VORTICES; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; ROTATING FLOW; SHALLOW WATER MODEL;

VORTEX FLOW;

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; KELVIN WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROTATING FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 84855473673     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.344     Document Type: Article

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