Nonlinear internal waves in the upper atmosphere

DOI10.1080/03091920500213585zbMath1206.86023OpenAlexW2007857602MaRDI QIDQ3081185

Philippe Caillol

Publication date: 5 March 2011

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://figshare.com/articles/preprint/Nonlinear_internal_waves_in_the_upper_atmosphere/9381158

zbMATH Keywords

Prandtl numberinternal waveviscous and stratified shear flow instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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