The spatial and temporal evolution of localized unstable baroclinic disturbances

DOI10.1080/03091928008243656zbMath0479.76053OpenAlexW2058274260WikidataQ114640787 ScholiaQ114640787MaRDI QIDQ3938718

Lee-Or Merkine, Maya Shafranek

Publication date: 1980

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928008243656

zbMATH Keywords

two layer modeltemporal and spatial evolutionasymptotic estimatedlocalized unstable baroclinic disturbancesspread of disturbanceunstable pulse disturbancesvertical shear, beta and friction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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Cites Work

• Convective and absolute instability of baroclinic eddies
• The development of three-dimensional wave packets in a boundary layer
• The development of three-dimensional wave-packets in unbounded parallel flows
• The growth of three-dimensional disturbances in inviscid flows

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