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Prof David Dritschel

Prof David Dritschel
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50  (of 110 published available) for dgd1. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics

(Article)
Long frontal waves and dynamic scaling in freely evolving equivalent barotropic flow
Helen Burgess, David Gerard Dritschel 

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.863 
(Article)
Scale-invariant singularity of the surface quasigeostrophic patch
Richard Kirkness Scott, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Contour dynamics, Quasi-geostrophic flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.863 pp.60-78
(Article)
The stability and nonlinear evolution of quasi-geostrophic toroidal vortices
Jean Noel Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Quasi-geostrophic flows, Vortex instability
2018 (25/12)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.857 pp.38-60
(Article)
Circulation conservation and vortex breakup in magnetohydrodynamics at low magnetic Prandtl number
David Gerard Dritschel, P.H. Diamond, S.M. Tobias 
Keywords: Contour dynamics, MHD and electrohydrodynamics, Vortex dynamics

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
vol.231 pp.1853-1915
(Article)
Imperfect bifurcation for the quasi-geostrophic shallow-water equations
David Gerard Dritschel, Taoufik Hmidi, Coralie Renault 
2018 (3)
Water Resources Research
vol.54 pp.1428-1459
(Article)
Modeling subsurface hydrology in floodplains
David Gerard Dritschel, Michael Bliss Singer 
Keywords: Subsurface hydrology, Mathematical modelling, Riparian soils, Riparian vegetation, Vadose zone, Capillary fringe

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
vol.Latest Articles 
(Article)
The interaction of two asymmetric quasi-geostrophic vortex patches
M.M. Jalali, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Quasi-geostrophy, Vortex patches, Contour dynamics
2018 (10/8)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.848 pp.388-410
(Article)
The merger of geophysical vortices at finite Rossby and Froude number
Jean Noel Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Rotating flows, Stratified flows, Vortex dynamics

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
vol.Early View 
(Article)
The moist parcel-in-cell method for modelling moist convection
David Gerard Dritschel, S. J. Böing, D. J. Parker, A. M. Blyth 
Keywords: Clouds, Convection, Numerical method
2017 (10/7)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.822 pp.689-716
(Article)
Comparison of variational balance models for the rotating shallow water equations
David Gerard Dritschel, Georg Gottwald, Marcel Oliver 
Keywords: Rotating flows, Shallow water flows, Variational methods
2017 (11)
Physical Review Fluids
vol.2 
(Article)
Extended scale invariance in the vortices of freely evolving two-dimensional turbulence
Helen Burgess, David Gerard Dritschel, Richard Kirkness Scott 
2017 (9)
Fluids
vol.2 
(Article)
Interaction between a quasi-geostrophic buoyancy filament and a heton
Jean Noel Reinaud, Xavier Carton, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Vortex dynamics, Surface bouyancy anomaly, Quasi-geostrophy
2017 (8)
Physics of Fluids
vol.29 
(Article)
Interaction between a surface quasi-geostrophic buoyancy anomaly jet and internal vortices
Jean Noel Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel, Xavier Carton 
Keywords: Surface quasi-geostrophy, Quasi-geostrophy, Jets, Vortex dynamics
2017 (4)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.816 pp.586-618
(Article)
On the energetics of a two-layer baroclinic flow
David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Baroclinic flows, Geostrophic turbulence, Jets
2017 (2)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.812 pp.541-577
(Article)
The characteristics of billows generated by internal solitary waves
Magda Carr, James Franklin, Stuart Edward King, Peter Davies, John Grue, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Geophysical and geological flows, Internal waves
2017 (11)
Physics of Fluids
vol.29 
(Article)
Vortex scaling ranges in two-dimensional turbulence
Helen Burgess, David Gerard Dritschel, Richard Kirkness Scott 
2016 (9)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.802 pp.333-358
(Article)
Balanced solutions for an ellipsoidal vortex in a rotating stratified flow
William Joseph McKiver, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Geophysical and geological flows, Geostrophic turbulence, Vortex dynamicsCondensed Matter Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering
2016 (23/9)
Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
vol.110 pp.461-490
(Article)
Interaction between a surface quasi-geostrophic buoyancy filament and an internal vortex
Jean Noel Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel, Xavier Carton 
Keywords: Vortex dynamics, Semi-quasigeostrophy, Quasigeostrophy
2016 (1/4)
pp.1005
(Abstract)
Modelling subsurface hydrology in Mediterranean regions to investigate spatial and temporal trends
Michael Bliss Singer, David Gerard Dritschel 
2016
Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
vol.110 pp.491-517
(Article)
Models of interacting pairs of thin, quasi-geostrophic vortices: steady-state solutions and nonlinear stability
Matteo Bersanelli, David Gerard Dritschel, Carlo Lancellotti, Andrew C. Poje 
Keywords: Vortex patches, Surface quasigeostrophy, Moment models, Equilibrium states, Stability
2016 (8)
Proceedings of the Royal Society A - Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences
vol.472 
(Article)
N-body dynamics on closed surfaces
Stefanella Boatto, David Gerard Dritschel, Rodrigo G Schaefer 
Keywords: N-body problem, Point-vortex dynamics, Hamiltonian systems, Newton's Laws, Surfaces of revolution, Equivalence principle
2016 (6)
Monthly Weather Review
vol.144 pp.2481-2502
(Article)
Toward a PV-based algorithm for the dynamical core of hydrostatic global models
Ali R. Mohebalhojeh, Mohammad Joghataei, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Mathematical and statistical techniques, Isentropic analysis, Numerical analysis, modeling, Models and modeling
2015 (21/7)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.777 pp.569-590
(Article)
Effect of Prandtl's ration on balance in geophysical turbulence
David Gerard Dritschel, William Joseph McKiver 
Keywords: Geophysical and geological flows, Geostrophic turbulence, Vortex dynamics
2015 (1)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.762 pp.196-231
(Article)
Ellipsoidal vortices in rotating stratified fluids
Yue-kin Tsang, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Geophysical and geological flows, Rotating flows, Vortex dynamics, Warm-core rings, Geophysical flows, Shallow-water, Oceanic vortices, Shear-flow, Vortex, Balance, Stability, Evolution, Equilibria
2015 (29/6)
Physical Review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
vol.91 
(Article)
Ergodicity and spectral cascades in point vortex flows on the sphere
David Gerard Dritschel, M. Lucia, A.C. Poje 
2015 (11)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.783 pp.1-22
(Article)
On the late-time behaviour of a bounded, inviscid two-dimensional flow
David Gerard Dritschel, Wanming Qi, J.B. Marston 
2015 (25/2)
Proceedings of the Royal Society A - Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences
vol.471 
(Article)
The motion of point vortices on closed surfaces
David Gerard Dritschel, S Boatto 
Keywords: Vortex dynamics, Point vortices, Closed surfaces
2014 (11/4)
Physical Review Letters
vol.112 
(Article)
Numerical simulation of a self-similar cascade of filament instabilities in the surface quasigeostrophic system
Richard Kirkness Scott, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: 2-dimensional turbulence, Dynamics, Flow
2014 (10)
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
vol.140 pp.2444-2464
(Article)
On the equilibration of asymmetric barotropic instability
Nili Harnik, David Gerard Dritschel, Eyal Heifetz 
Keywords: Barotropic instability, Nonlinear equilibration, Linear stability, Wave-eddy interactions, Wave critical layer, Numerical-simulation, zonal jets, Turbulence, Vorticity, Flows, Shear, Algorithm, Evolution, Parallel
2014 (5/3)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.743 pp.481-502
(Article)
Simply-connected vortex-patch shallow-water quasi-equilibria
David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Rotating flows , Shallow water flows, Vortex dynamics
2013 (4)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.721 
(Article)
Halting scale and energy equilibration in two-dimensional quasigeostrophic turbulence
Richard Kirkness Scott, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: geophysical and geological flows, geostrophic turbulence, quasigeostrophic flows, CASCADE
2013 (5)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.723 pp.40-68
(Article)
Quasi-geostrophic shallow-water doubly-connected vortex equilibria and their stability
David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Contour dynamics, Rotating flows, Vortex dynamics, V-states, 2-dimensional vortex, Uniform vortices, 2 dimensions, Numerical algorithms, Coherent structures, Euler equations, Merger, Flows
2013 (23/9)
Physics of Fluids
vol.25 
(Article)
The effect of slip length on vortex rebound from a rigid boundary
C. Macaskill, David Gerard Dritschel 
2013 (14/1)
Physics of Fluids
vol.25 
(Article)
Vortical control of forced two-dimensional turbulence
Jerome Jacob Louis Fontane, David Gerard Dritschel, Richard Kirkness Scott 
Keywords: Two-dimensional turbulence
2012 (1)
Physics of Fluids
vol.24 
(Article)
Instability in internal solitary waves with trapped cores
Magda Carr, Stuart Edward King, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Flow instability, Solitons, Stratified flow, Vortices
2012 (11/5)
Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
vol.106 pp.574-595
(Article)
Quasi-geostrophic shallow-water vortex–patch equilibria and their stability
David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Quasi-geostrophic shallow-water, Vortex–patches, Equilibria
2012 (11)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.711 pp.576-598
(Article)
The structure of zonal jets in geostrophic turbulence
Richard Kirkness Scott, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Geostrophic turbulence, Quasi-geostrophic flows, Turbulent mixing
2012 (1/7)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.703 pp.85-98
(Article)
Two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the small magnetic Prandtl number limit
David Gerard Dritschel, Steve Tobias 
Keywords: Computational methods, MHD turbulence, Turbulence simulation
2011
Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
vol.105 pp.368-376
(Article)
An exact steadily rotating surface quasi-geostrophic elliptical vortex
David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Surface, Quasi-geostrophic, Steady-state, Elliptical vortex, ELLIPSOIDAL VORTICES, STRATIFIED FLUID, CONTOUR DYNAMICS, SHEAR-FLOW, MODEL, STABILITY, ALGORITHM, EVOLUTION, MOTION, STRAIN
2011 (28/2)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
vol.369 pp.754-770
(Article)
Jet sharpening by turbulent mixing
David Gerard Dritschel, Richard Kirkness Scott 
2011 (25/9)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.683 pp.263-288
(Article)
Numerical simulation of shear-induced instabilities in internal solitary waves
Magda Carr, Stuart Edward King, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Internal waves, Solitary waves, Stratified flows
2011 (1/1)
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
vol.318 
(Article)
Shallow-water vortex equilibria and their stability
David Gerard Dritschel 
2011 (10/1)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.666 pp.477-505
(Article)
The steady-state form of large-amplitude internal solitary waves
Stuart Edward King, Magda Carr, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Internal waves, Solitary waves, Stratified flows
2010 (5/1)
Physical Review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
vol.81 
(Article)
Effective degrees of nonlinearity in a family of generalized models of two-dimensional turbulence
Chuong Van Tran, David Gerard Dritschel, Richard Kirkness Scott 
2010 (3)
Physics of Fluids
vol.22 
(Article)
Energy dissipation and resolution of steep gradients in one-dimensional Burgers flows
Chuong Van Tran, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Viscosity, Vortex dynamics, Numerical solutions, Turbulent flows, Reynolds stress modeling
2010
Regul. Chaotic Dyn.
vol.15 pp.66-83
(Article)
Homostrophic Vortex Interaction under External Strain in a Coupled QG-SQG Model
Xavier Perrot, Jean Noel Reinaud, Xavier Carton, David Gerard Dritschel 
2010 (20/7)
Journal of Computational Physics
vol.229 pp.5408-5417
(Article)
The combined Lagrangian advection method
David Gerard Dritschel, Jerome Jacob Louis Fontane 
Keywords: Pseudo-spectral, Contour advection, Vortex methods, Two-dimensional turbulence, GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS, CONTOUR DYNAMICS, ALGORITHM, EQUATIONS
2009 (11)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.639 pp.195-211
(Article)
Destructive interactions between two counter-rotating quasi-geostrophic vortices
Jean Noel Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel 
2009
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.640 pp.215-233
(Article)
Late time evolution of unforced inviscid two-dimensional turbulence
David Gerard Dritschel, Richard Kirkness Scott, Charlie Macaskill, Georg Gottwald, Chuong Van Tran 
2009
Journal of Computational Physics
vol.228 pp.2707-2711
(Article)
On the simulation of nearly inviscid two-dimensional turbulence
David Gerard Dritschel, Richard Kirkness Scott 

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Mathematical Institute
University of St Andrews
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University of St Andrews
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