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Prof David Dritschel

Prof David Dritschel
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Recent publications


35  (of 35 published available) for dgd1 with keyword Flow clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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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

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
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 (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 (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
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 
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 (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
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)
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
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
2007 (25/11)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.591 pp.379-391
(Article)
Revisiting Batchelor's theory of two-dimensional turbulence
David Gerard Dritschel, Chuong Van Tran, Richard Kirkness Scott 
Keywords: Dimensional decaying turbulence, Euler equations, Enstrophy dissipation, Contour dynamics, Self-similarity, High-resolution, Energy, Limit
2007 (10/1)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.570 pp.365-383
(Article)
The persistence of balance in geophysical flows
David Gerard Dritschel, A Viudez 
Keywords: Potential vorticity inversion, Gravity-wave generation, Equations, Motion, Jet
2006 (25/8)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.561 pp.73-102
(Article)
Bending and twisting instabilities of columnar elliptical vortices in a rotating strongly stratified fluid
Paul Billant, David Gerard Dritschel, Jean-Marc Chomaz 
Keywords: Straight vortex filament, 3-dimensional stability, Field, Flows, Pair
2006 (25/3)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.551 pp.435-443
(Article)
Impeded inverse energy transfer in the Charney--Hasegawa--Mima model of quasi-geostrophic flows
Chuong Van Tran, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Drift-wave turbulence, 2-dimensional turbulence, Spectral distribution, Vortices, Cascade, Fluid, Plane
2006 (25/7)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.559 pp.107-116
(Article)
Vanishing enstrophy dissipation in two-dimensional Navier--Stokes turbulence in the inviscid limit
Chuong Van Tran, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Quasi-geostrophic turbulence, Spectral distribution, Energy, Decay, Equations
2005 (10/5)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.530 pp.305-325
(Article)
Quasi-geostrophic vortices in compressible atmospheres
Richard Kirkness Scott, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Vortex-dynamics, Stability, Algorithm, Merger, Flows
2005 (10/1)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.522 pp.357-381
(Article)
The critical merger distance between two co-rotating quasi-geostrophic vortices
Jean Noel Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Ellipsoidal vortex model, Stratified fluid, Flows, Turbulence, Shear
2004 (25/4)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.505 pp.201-223
(Article)
The quasi-geostrophic ellipsoidal vortex model
David Gerard Dritschel, Jean Noel Reinaud, William J McKiver 
Keywords: Stratified fluid, Elliptic model, Vortices, Shear, Equations, Flows, Dynamics, Merger, Motion
2003 (10/8)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.488 pp.123-150
(Article)
A balanced approach to modelling rotating stably stratified geophysical flows
David Gerard Dritschel, Alvaro Viúdez 
Keywords: Potential-vorticity, 2-Dimensional Flows, Gravity-waves, Turbulence, Dynamics, Surgery
2003 (10/1)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.474 pp.175-192
(Article)
The shape of vortices in quasi-geostrophic turbulence
Jean Noel Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel, CR Koudella 
Keywords: Ellipsoidal vortices, Stratified fluid, Vortex, Algorithm, Flows
2002 (25/10)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
vol.469 pp.287-315
(Article)
The merger of vertically offset quasi-geostrophic vortices
Jean Noel Reinaud, David Gerard Dritschel 
Keywords: Vortex Dynamics, Turbulence, Stability, Flows

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University of St Andrews
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