The nonlinear dynamics of baroclinic wave ensembles

DOI10.1017/S0022112081002590zbMath0476.76034OpenAlexW2119403568MaRDI QIDQ3932463

Joseph Pedlosky

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112081002590

zbMATH Keywords

Ekman layersweakly nonlinear dynamicslong, baroclinic wavesnonlinear dynamics of free wavesquasi-geostrophic two- layer modeltime-varying supercriticalitywave hysteresis phenomenon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Geophysics (86A99)

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• Nonlinear baroclinic instability of a continuous zonal flow of viscous fluid