Abstract: An analytical theory is presented for the self-induced translation of an intense vortex relative to a uniform background flow on the ? plane. The equivalent barotropic approximation is used to formulate the initial value ...

Abstract: Spatiotemporal evolution of a small localized meander on a Gulf Stream?type baroclinically unstable jet over a topographic slope is investigated numerically using a three-dimensional, primitive equation model. An unperturbed ...

Abstract: The symmetry properties of the Gulf Stream?type jet equilibrated over topographic slope are investigated in a series of idealized numerical experiments. A baroclinically unstable zonal jet equilibrates over a sloping bottom ...