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Unstable vortices in a rotating environment may breakup due to the combined effect of inertial and barotropic instabilities. Recent advances in the theory of inertial instability of vortices provide a prediction of the equilibrated state if inertial instability acts alone. This prediction combined with what is known about barotropic instability gives the possibility of predicting the end state of a vortex breakup subject to both inertial and barotropic instability.
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van Sommeren, D.D.J.A., Carnevale, G.F., Kloosterziel, R.C., Orlandi, P. (2010). Equilibration of Inertial Instability in Rotating Flow. In: Dritschel, D. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans. IUTAM Bookseries, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0360-5_9
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