Do Rossby-wave critical layers absorb, reflect, or over-reflect?

DOI10.1017/S0022112085003019zbMath0676.76040OpenAlexW2034151784MaRDI QIDQ3832223

M. E. McIntyre, Peter Killworth

Publication date: 1985

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112085003019

zbMATH Keywords

matched asymptotic expansionsgrowing instabilityinviscid, nonlinear Rossby-wave critical layerKelvin cat's eyesNonlinear saturationover-reflectig statesStewartson-Warn-Warn solutiontwo-dimensional shear instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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