Local instabilities of weakly non-parallel large-scale flows: Uniform asymptotic expansion

DOI10.1080/03091928808208859zbMath0662.76054OpenAlexW1975015857MaRDI QIDQ3813472

Yoaz Bar-Sever, Lee-Or Merkine

Publication date: 1988

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928808208859

zbMATH Keywords

WKB analysisuniform asymptotic representationlocal instabilitiescomparison equation method of Langerlocal eigenfunctions and eigenvaluesvertical and horizontal shearweakly nonparallel large-scale flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

Cites Work

• Barotropic instability of weakly non-parallel zonal flows
• Local instabilities of weakly non-parallel large-scale flows: Wkb analysis
• Convective and absolute instability of baroclinic eddies
• Uniform asymptotic solutions of second order linear ordinary differential equations with turning points

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