Communications in Theoretical Physics ›› 2021, Vol. 73 ›› Issue (11): 115005. doi: 10.1088/1572-9494/ac1ef7

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(2+1)-dimensional coupled Boussinesq equations for Rossby waves in two-layer cylindrical fluid*

Zheyuan Yu1,Zongguo Zhang2,Hongwei Yang1,()   

  1. 1College of Mathematics and System Science, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China
    2School of Mathematics and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
  • Received: 2021-06-03 Revised: 2021-07-06 Accepted: 2021-08-19 Published: 2021-11-01
  • Contact: Hongwei Yang E-mail:hwyang1979@163.com
  • Funding Information: 
    * Nature Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China(ZR2018MA017)

Abstract:

In this paper, the existence and propagation characteristics of Rossby waves in a two-layer cylindrical fluid are studied. Firstly, based on the dimensionless baroclinic quasi-geostrophic vortex equations including exogenous and dissipative, we derive new (2+1)-dimensional coupled Boussinesq equations describing wave propagation in polar coordinates by employing a multiscale analysis and perturbation method. Then, the Lie symmetries and conservation laws of the coupled Boussinesq equations are analyzed. Subsequently, by using the $(G^{\prime} /G)$-expansion method, the exact solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional coupled Boussinesq equations are obtained. Finally, the effects of coupling term coefficients on the propagation characteristics of Rossby waves are analyzed.

Key words: Rossby waves, (2+1)-dimensional coupled Boussinesq equations, two-layer cylindrical fluid