Baroclinic instability in a reduced gravity, three-dimensional, quasi-geostrophic model

DOI10.1017/S0022112099006898zbMath0957.76015OpenAlexW2017052371MaRDI QIDQ4488538

Pedro Ripa

Publication date: 25 March 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099006898

zbMATH Keywords

baroclinic instabilityintegrals of motionEady's modelboundary condition at interfaceLagrangian constantnecessary and sufficient instability condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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