Note on a baroclinic analogue of vorticity defects in shear

DOI10.1017/S0022112098004005zbMath0934.76025OpenAlexW1972278314MaRDI QIDQ4262159

Roger M. Samelson

Publication date: 13 April 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112098004005

zbMATH Keywords

linear instabilitybaroclinic quasi-geostrophic flowlinear baroclinic problempotential vorticity defect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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