Rossby solitons (Experimental investigations and laboratory model of natural vortices of the Jovian Great Red Spot type)

This review is devoted to a new object in nonlinear physics--Rossby solitons. The following questions are examined in greatest detail: 1) experimental observation of Rossby solitons in the laboratory; the geometric and kinematic properties, stability, collisions, and methods of generation of Rossby solitons; 2) self-organization of a Rossby autosoliton in unstable oppositely directed (zonal) flows; 3) a stationary laboratory model of natural vortices of the Jovian Great Red Spot (JGRS) type based on the Rossby autosoliton; 4) the question of the uniqueness of the JGRS along the perimeter of the planet; and 5) paired Rossby vortices. The theory and experiment are compared. The analogy between Rossby vortices and drift vortices in a plasma is pointed out.

PACS: 52.35.Sb, 52.35.We, 52.35.Kt (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1986v029n09ABEH003490
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1986/9/a/
Citation: Nezlin M V "Rossby solitons (Experimental investigations and laboratory model of natural vortices of the Jovian Great Red Spot type)" Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 807–842 (1986)

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PT Journal Article
TI Rossby solitons (Experimental investigations and laboratory model of natural vortices of the Jovian Great Red Spot type)
AU Nezlin M V
FAU Nezlin MV
DP 10 Sep, 1986
TA Phys. Usp.
VI 29
IP 9
PG 807-842
RX 10.1070/PU1986v029n09ABEH003490
URL https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1986/9/a/
SO Phys. Usp. 1986 Sep 10;29(9):807-842

Оригинал: Незлин М В «Солитоны Россби (Экспериментальные исследования и лабораторная модель природных вихрей типа Большого Красного Пятна Юпитера)» УФН 150 3–60 (1986); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0150.198609a.0003