On the frictional destabilization of abyssal overflows dynamically coupled to internal gravity waves

DOI10.1080/03091920500489748zbMath1206.86019OpenAlexW2128676644MaRDI QIDQ3081202

Gordon E. Swaters

Publication date: 5 March 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091920500489748

zbMATH Keywords

internal gravity wavesabyssal overflowsdeep western boundary currentsbaroclinic roll wavesdeep water replacement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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Mixed bottom-friction–Kelvin–Helmholtz destabilization of source-driven abyssal overflows in the ocean ⋮ Ekman destabilization of inertially stable baroclinic abyssal flow on a sloping bottom

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• On the baroclinic instability of cold-core coupled density fronts on a sloping continental shelf
• Dynamics of ventilated coherent cold eddies on a sloping bottom

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