Rossby-Kelvin instability: a new type of ageostrophic instability caused by a resonance between Rossby waves and gravity waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112089001138zbMath0669.76066OpenAlexW2010143655MaRDI QIDQ3823296

Satoshi Sakai

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112089001138

zbMATH Keywords

Rossby wavesinstabilitiesgeostrophic balanceKelvin wavefrontal instabilityone-layer systemresonance of wave components

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• General stability conditions for zonal flows in a one-layer model on the β-plane or the sphere
• Stable and unstable shear modes of rotating parallel flows in shallow water
• The role of negative energy waves in some instabilities of parallel flows

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