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Rossby waves in “shallow water” magnetohydrodynamics

T. V. Zaqarashvili, R. Oliver, J. L. Ballester, B. M. Shergelashvili

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 106 citations · 15 references

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Aims.The influence of a toroidal magnetic field on the dynamics of Rossby waves in a thin layer of ideal conductive fluid on a rotating sphere is studied in the “shallow water” magnetohydrodynamic approximation for the first time.

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