Conservation laws for the Rossby wave system

ORAL

Abstract

It is known that the Rossby wave system possesses an extra motion invariant (in addition to energy and enstrophy). This yields an approximate conservation law, conserved up to third order of smallness in amplitude. We investigate whether the conservation can be extended to an exact conservation law.

Authors

  • Francois van Heerden

  • Alexander Balk

    • University of Utah