The instability of barotropic circular vortices
Publication:4725944
DOI10.1080/03091928608245893zbMath0616.76057WikidataQ114640380 ScholiaQ114640380MaRDI QIDQ4725944
James C. McWilliams, Peter R. Gent
Publication date: 1986
Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928608245893
perturbation; parallel shear flow; linear instability analysis; zero circulation; internal instability; semicircle theorem; barotropic circular vortices; barotropic vortex; external instability; f-plane quasigeostrophic equations; Finite amplitude, numerical model calculations; finite vertical scale; linear, normal mode instability; mean flow streamfunction profiles
76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids
76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics
76E20: Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows
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