Free boundary effects on baroclinic instability

DOI10.1017/S0022112097007222MaRDI QIDQ4382563zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors F. J. Beron-Vera, P. Ripa

Publication date 6 February 2000

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097007222

zbMATH Keywords

horizontal buoyancy gradienthydrostatic approximationnormal-mode perturbationsprimitive equation modelreduced-gravity modelrotating systemsmall Rossby numbersthermal-wind balanceuniform density stratification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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