Stability of a potential vorticity front: from quasi-geostrophy to shallow water

DOI10.1017/S0022112096002339zbMath0874.76023OpenAlexW2099291367WikidataQ120244282 ScholiaQ120244282MaRDI QIDQ4337749

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Publication date: 13 November 1997

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112096002339

zbMATH Keywords

linear stabilityRossby numbergravity wavevortical waveageostrophic short-wave baroclinic instabilitylong-wave quasi-geostrophic baroclinic instabilitytwo-layer shear flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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