Local baroclinic instability of flow over variable topography

DOI10.1017/S0022112090003615MaRDI QIDQ3201951zbMATHFDO

Authors Joseph Pedlosky, R. Samelson

Publication date 1990

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

zbMATH Keywords

local instabilitytwo-layer quasi-geostrophic modelcyclone scale disturbancesdeformation radiusLocal baroclinic instabilityLower-layer amplitudesmeridional bottom slopemid-latitude atmospheric flowupper-layer vorticity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10)

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• Linear baroclinic and parametric instabilities of boundary currents
• Finite-amplitude baroclinic instability of a mesoscale gravity current in a channel
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