Radiative Instability of a Geophysical Vortex (VIDEO)

American Institute of Physics

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This is a view from above of the growing and spiraling wave field emitted by a geophysical vortex due to the radiative instability. The black circle represents a boundary of the vortex core.

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J. Park/Ecole Polytechnique-CNRS

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