Quasi-geostrophic toroidal vortices

We investigate the destabilisation of toroidal vortices (shear zones). The tori re-orgaism themselves into near regular vortex arrays, resembling the cluster (arrays) of cyclones observed by the Juno spacecraft

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Stability and nonlinear evolution of Quasi-geostrophic toroidal vortices

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