Initial-value problems for Rossby waves in a shear flow with critical level

DOI10.1017/S0022112083002001zbMath0547.76032OpenAlexW2026835488MaRDI QIDQ3339494

Ka Kit Tung

Publication date: 1983

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083002001

zbMATH Keywords

initial disturbancenormal-mode solutionsRossby wave equation

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