Applications of contour dynamics to two layer quasigeostrophic flows
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Fluid Dynamics Research
- Vol. 3 (1-4) , 422-424
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5983(88)90103-7
Abstract
We determine stationary states and examine dynamic mergers of isolated piecewise constant regions of potential vorticity in a two-layer quasigeostrophic model. We focus on the behavior of the critical initial separation distance for merger, dc, as a function of γ-1 (inverse Rossby radius) and δ, the ration of layer depths.Keywords
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