On the normal modes of parallel flow of inviscid stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112076000153zbMath0336.76014MaRDI QIDQ4103265

W. H. H. Banks, Philip G. Drazin, Maria B. Zaturska

Publication date: 1976

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112076000153

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E20: Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows

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