Instabilities on density-driven boundary currents and fronts

DOI10.1080/03091928208221734zbMath0507.76050OpenAlexW2027879371WikidataQ114640637 ScholiaQ114640637MaRDI QIDQ4745481

Melvin E. Stern, Peter Killworth

Publication date: 1982

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928208221734

zbMATH Keywords

matched asymptotic expansionsshallow waterCoriolis forcescoastal currentsgeostrophiccross- stream breakinghorizontal density differencessmall linearized perturbations around stationary statex- variationy-variation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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Cites Work

• Geostrophic fronts, bores, breaking and blocking waves
• Ageostrophic instability of ocean currents

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