- Main principles of geophysical hydrodynamics.
 
- Gyroscopic and inertial waves in atmosphere and oceans.
 
- Rossby waves. Geostrophic approximation.
 
- Charney equation. Zonal flow in atmosphere.
 
- Dipole vortex solution for nonlinear hydrodynamic flow by Larichev and Reznik.
 
- Analogy between hydrodynamic vortices in planetary atmospheres and drift vortices in inhomogeneous 
plasma. 
 
- Specific solution of Hasegawa- Mima equation for nonlinear drift vortices. 
 
- Generalization of Hasegawa- Mima equation.
 
- Cyclon- anticyclon asymmetry. Stability condition.
 
- Vortex soliton.
 
- Laboratory experiments on vortex excitation and stability.
 
- Kadomtsev- Pogutse equations. 
 
- Alfven vortices in homogeneous plasma. 
 
- Basics of numerical simulation of vortex structures.  
 
 
 
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