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Spontaneous Formation of Columnar Vortices

Fluid Dynamics 2012-10-29 v2

Abstract

A fluid dynamics video of the rotating, weakly stratified Boussinesq equations is presented that illustrates the spontaneous formation of columnar vortices in the presence of stochastic, white noise forcing.

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@article{arxiv.1210.3620,
  title  = {Spontaneous Formation of Columnar Vortices},
  author = {Jared P. Whitehead and Beth A. Wingate},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.3620},
  year   = {2012}
}

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includes a video