On the effects of frontogenetic strain on symmetric instability and inertia–gravity waves

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.416zbMath1275.76109OpenAlexW2151517100MaRDI QIDQ2863463

Leif N. Thomas

Publication date: 21 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.416

zbMATH Keywords

internal wavesrotating flowsbaroclinic flows

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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