The nonlinear evolution of zonally symmetric equatorial inertial instability

DOI10.1017/S0022112002002586zbMath1022.76019WikidataQ61832497 ScholiaQ61832497MaRDI QIDQ4808234

Stephen D. Griffiths

Publication date: 30 October 2003

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

zbMATH Keywords

homogenizationstratified fluidweakly nonlinear regimemean flowamplitude equationzonal flowCoriolis parameterRayleigh frictionNewtonian coolingbeta-planeinertial instabilitystrongly nonlinear regimeEarth's stratosphereequatorial shear flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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