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In the atmosphere and the oceans and on other planets, coherent structures or vortices are easily identified. For this reason, the study of the stability of isolated vortices and the dynamics of the interaction of pairs, triades or more is of fundamental interest for refined models of the general circulation and of geostrophic turbulence. Processes of heat transfer and the dispersion of biochemical components are closely connected with coherent structures. Two dimensional vortex dynamics in barotropic fluid is also a key problem in free shear flows with or without rotation. In this case, the main question is connected with the stability of these vortices to three-dimensional disturbances.
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Hopfinger, E.J. (1992). Two-Dimensional Barotropic and Baroclinic Vortices. In: Hopfinger, E.J. (eds) Rotating Fluids in Geophysical and Industrial Applications. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 329. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2602-8_11
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