On Rossby waves modified by basic shear, and barotropic instability

DOI10.1017/S0022112082002572zbMath0517.76030MaRDI QIDQ3666462

S. A. Coaker, Philip G. Drazin, D. N. Beaumont

Publication date: 1982

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

zbMATH Keywords

velocity profilesnormal modesregular Sturm-Liouville problembeta-planeeigenvalue problem of Kuoparallel zonal flowRossby waves modified by basic shear

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geophysics (86A99)

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