A mechanism of formation of multiple zonal jets in the oceans

DOI10.1017/S0022112009006375zbMath1181.76071MaRDI QIDQ5187650

Igor Kamenkovich, Joseph Pedlosky, P. Berloff

Publication date: 26 February 2010

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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