The nonlinear development of disturbances in a zonal shear flow

DOI10.1080/03091928708219202zbMath0644.76063WikidataQ114640334 ScholiaQ114640334MaRDI QIDQ3787679

S. M. Churilov, I. G. Shukhman

Publication date: 1987

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928708219202

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear stability; small disturbances; critical layer; beta-plane approximation; a weakly supercritical zonal shear flow; dynamic of initially small disturbances; linear regimes; wave grows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E30: Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics

76E20: Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows

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