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Formation of small-scale vortices in the core of a large merged vortex
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dc.contributor.author | Oulhen, Erwan | |
dc.contributor.author | Reinaud, Jean Noel | |
dc.contributor.author | Carton, Xavier | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-07T14:30:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-07T14:30:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier | 279382725 | |
dc.identifier | 0ced4f2d-c956-49ef-b7bb-2800b9d26bca | |
dc.identifier | 85131058884 | |
dc.identifier | 000800205000001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Oulhen , E , Reinaud , J N & Carton , X 2022 , ' Formation of small-scale vortices in the core of a large merged vortex ' , Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics , vol. 116 , no. 5-6 , pp. 411-432 . https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2022.2074983 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0309-1929 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-5449-6628/work/114335745 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25502 | |
dc.description | Funding: We thank LOPS and UBO for a M.Sc internship grant which allowed the first author to carry out this work. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The merger of two surface quasi-geostrophic vortices is examined in detail. As the two vortices collapse towards each other in the merging process, they trap their external fronts between them; these fronts are inserted into the final merged vortex, where they form a central, nearly parallel, sheared velocity strip, sensitive to barotropic instability. As a result, this strip breaks up into an alley of small vortices. Subsequently, these small vortices may undergo merger and grow in size in the core of the large merged vortex. The number of small trapped vortices decreases correspondingly. Finally, a single or two small vortices remain. These processes are analysed using a numerical model of the surface quasi-geostrophic equations. The sensitivity of this process to the initial vortex characteristics is explored. A parallel is drawn between this problem and the instability of a rectilinear strip of temperature with a central gap. The application of this problem to the Ocean is discussed. | |
dc.format.extent | 5235172 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics | en |
dc.subject | Surface quasi-geostrophy | en |
dc.subject | Vortex merger | en |
dc.subject | Barotropic instability | en |
dc.subject | Small vortices | en |
dc.subject | Core tapping | en |
dc.subject | QA Mathematics | en |
dc.subject | QC Physics | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QC | en |
dc.title | Formation of small-scale vortices in the core of a large merged vortex | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Applied Mathematics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2022.2074983 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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