On Rossby waves modified by basic shear, and barotropic instability

DOI10.1017/S0022112082002572zbMATH Open0517.76030MaRDI QIDQ3666462FDOQ3666462

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

Publication date: 1982

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

zbMATH Keywords

regular Sturm-Liouville problemnormal modesvelocity profilesbeta-planeeigenvalue problem of Kuoparallel zonal flowRossby waves modified by basic shear

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geophysics (86A99)

Cites Work

• On the normal modes of parallel flow of inviscid stratified fluid
• Perturbation methods in boundary-layer theory
• The Evolution of a Nonlinear Critical Level

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• Chaotic advection of irrotational flows and of waves in fluids
• On rossby waves modified by weak sinusoidal shear
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