A note on the stability theory of buoyancy-driven ocean currents over a sloping bottom (Q1909917)

The purpose of this note is to show that the normal-mode stability conditions derived by \textit{G. E. Swaters} [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 345, No. 1675, 295-325 (1993; Zbl 0812.76032)] can be obtained by working with an appropriately constrained linear momentum invariant, and that these stability results can be generalized to establish conditions for the nonlinear stability in the sense of Lyapunov for buoyancy-driven ocean fronts.