Structure and energetics of optimal Ekman layer perturbations

DOI10.1017/S0022112096004107zbMath0959.76026OpenAlexW2080538334MaRDI QIDQ4361842

Ralph C. Foster

Publication date: 16 April 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112096004107

zbMATH Keywords

linear stabilityviscous fluidoptimal perturbationperturbation energymaximum energy growthEkman atmospheric boundary layerperturbation evolution equationtwo-dimensional non-modal perturbations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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