Ageostrophic instabilities of fronts in a channel in a stratified rotating fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112009006508zbMath1171.76378MaRDI QIDQ3184143

Jonathan Gula, Vladimir Zeitlin, R. Plougonven

Publication date: 13 October 2009

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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Uses Software

• Matlab

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