Quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity Dq/Dt = 0; method-of-characteristics

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Quasi-geostrophic potential-vorticity (PV) conservation framework (Charney 1947 J Meteor 4, 135; Hoskins-McIntyre-Robertson 1985 Q J R Meteor Soc 111, 877). Setup: in mid-latitude rapidly-rotating fluid (Rossby number Ro << 1), the…

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Method of characteristics
Theorem: dq/dt = 0 for q = const along characteristic (PV conservation)

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