Abstract
A Hamiltonian formulation using a noncanonical Poisson bracket is presented for a recently proposed model (Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 2 9 3, 818 (1985) [Sov. Phys. Dokl. 3 2, 262 (1987)]) of two‐dimensional shallow‐water hydrodynamics with nonlinear dispersion. Nonlinear integral invariants for this model are found to be in the kernel of the noncanonical Poisson bracket. A generalized Kelvin theorem is also given for the model.