The nonlinear evolution of a slowly growing wave on a laterally sheared baroclinic flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112092002179MaRDI QIDQ4014071zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael J. Bell

Publication date 4 October 1992

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112092002179

zbMATH Keywords

critical layerrotating annuluspotential vorticityself-advectionweakly unstable inviscid waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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