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title:
 
Cocycles and stream functions in quasigeostrophic motion
publication:
 
JNMP
volume-issue:   15 - 2
pages:   140 - 146
ISSN:
  1402-9251
DOI:
  doi:10.2991/jnmp.2008.15.2.1 (how to use a DOI)
author(s):
 
Cornelia Vizman
publication date:
 
August 2008
abstract:
 
We present a geometric version of the Lie algebra 2-cocycle connected to quasi- geostrophic motion in the beta-plane approximation. We write down an Euler equation for the fluid velocity, corresponding to the evolution equation for the stream function in quasigeostrophic motion.
copyright:
 
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