The evolution of surface quasi-geostrophic modons on sloping topography

This work discusses modons, or dipolar vortices, propagating along sloping topography. Two different regimes exist, which are studied separately using the surface quasi-geostrophic equations. First, when the modon propagates in the direction opposite to topographic Rossby waves, steady solutions exi...

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