Transformed Eliassen balanced vortex model.

Abstract

Considers the axisymmetric balanced flow occurring in a thermally forced vortex in which the frictional inflow is confined to a thin boundary layer. Above the boundary layer the absolute angular momentum fR = rv + fr2 is conserved. R is the potential radius, ie the radius to which a particle must be moved (conserving absolute angular momentum) in order to change its tangential component v to zero. Using R as one of the dependent variables reviews the equations of the Eliassen balanced vortex model.-from Authors