On the spacing of Langmuir circulation in strong shear

DOI10.1017/S0022112004002654zbMath1065.76092OpenAlexW2073321723WikidataQ36688720 ScholiaQ36688720MaRDI QIDQ4669959

W. R. C. Phillips

Publication date: 15 April 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112004002654

zbMATH Keywords

stationary bifurcationconvective oscillatory bifurcationgeneralized Craik-Leibovich instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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