The enigmatic merging conditions of two-layer baroclinic vortices
Abstract
The influence of stratification on geostrophic vortex merging is examined by employing numerical simulations and the results of laboratory experiments. It is shown that the vertical flow structure and the details of the initial vortex horizontal profiles are of critical importance to baroclinic vortex merger.
- Publication:
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Academie des Sciences Paris Comptes Rendus Serie Sciences Mathematiques
- Pub Date:
- September 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991CRASM.313..737V
- Keywords:
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- Baroclinic Waves;
- Geostrophic Wind;
- Stratified Flow;
- Vortices;
- Atmospheric Stratification;
- Coalescing;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Vorticity;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer