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The motion of geophysical vortices. (English) Zbl 0946.76007

Summary: The thin fluid layers constituting the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere give rise to a wide variety of long-lived vortices, which are important in determining, amongst other things, our weather and climate. On a rotating planet, these vortices have the ability to self-propagate. This paper investigates this phenomenon by describing the fundamental physics involved and reviewing our current understanding of it. Also, areas of future research related to the motion of geophysical vortices are speculated upon.

MSC:

76B47 Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids
76B65 Rossby waves (MSC2010)
76U05 General theory of rotating fluids
86A05 Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography
86A10 Meteorology and atmospheric physics
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