On the frictional destabilization of abyssal overflows dynamically coupled to internal gravity waves

DOI10.1080/03091920500489748zbMath1206.86019MaRDI QIDQ3081202

Gordon E. Swaters

Publication date: 5 March 2011

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091920500489748

zbMATH Keywords

internal gravity waves; abyssal overflows; deep western boundary currents; baroclinic roll waves; deep water replacement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76B55: Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids

76E20: Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows

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