Do Rossby-wave critical layers absorb, reflect, or over-reflect?

DOI10.1017/S0022112085003019zbMath0676.76040MaRDI QIDQ3832223

M. E. McIntyre, Peter Killworth

Publication date: 1985

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112085003019

zbMATH Keywords

matched asymptotic expansions; growing instability; inviscid, nonlinear Rossby-wave critical layer; Kelvin cat's eyes; Nonlinear saturation; over-reflectig states; Stewartson-Warn-Warn solution; two-dimensional shear instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E17: Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability

76E99: Hydrodynamic stability

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