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Baroclinic toroidal quasi-geostrophic vortices

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Published in 2020 at "Physics of Fluids"

DOI: 10.1063/5.0005942

Abstract: We investigate the stability and nonlinear evolution of two tori of opposite-signed uniform potential vorticity, located one above the other, in a three-dimensional, continuously stratified, quasi-geostrophic flow. We focus on the formation of hetons as… read more here.

Keywords: geostrophic vortices; toroidal quasi; baroclinic toroidal; opposite signed ... See more keywords