The Evolution of a Nonlinear Critical Level

DOI10.1002/SAPM197859137zbMath0415.76020OpenAlexW1621224861MaRDI QIDQ3051627

Tom Warn, Helen Warn

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Studies in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/sapm197859137

zbMATH Keywords

matched asymptotic expansionsmultiple scalingnon-linearitiesnumericallyexpansion methodsinviscid forced Rossby type wavesnonlinear critical leveltime dependent development

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic expansions of solutions to PDEs (35C20) Representations of solutions to partial differential equations (35C99)

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