Nonlinear instability of a Rossby-wavecritical layer

DOI10.1017/S0022112085003020zbMath0604.76038OpenAlexW2113093136WikidataQ59647555 ScholiaQ59647555MaRDI QIDQ3741280

Peter H. Haynes

Publication date: 1985

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112085003020

zbMATH Keywords

numerical methodsnonlinear evolutionunstable modesshear instabilityunstable disturbancesvorticity distributionredistribution of vorticityRossby-wave nonlinear critical layerStewartson- Warn-Warn solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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On linear and nonlinear Rossby waves in an ocean ⋮ Critical layer analysis of stuart vortices in a plane jet ⋮ Nonlinear interaction between the sinuous and varicose instability modes in a plane wake ⋮ Nonlinear dynamics of forced baroclinic critical layers II ⋮ The effect of barotropic instability on the nonlinear evolution of a Rossby-wave critical layer ⋮ Nonlinear baroclinic equilibration at finite supercriticality

Cites Work

• The Evolution of a Nonlinear Critical Level
• Numerical Methods for the Simulation of Turbulence
• Numerical simulation of incompressible flows within simple boundaries: accuracy

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