Baroclinic instability of two-layer vortices in laboratory experiments

DOI10.1017/S0022112005006531zbMATH Open1154.76309OpenAlexW1977555730MaRDI QIDQ3374199FDOQ3374199

Authors: E. Thivolle-Cazat, Joel Sommeria, Martin Galmiche 

Publication date: 9 March 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112005006531

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07)

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