Barotropic instability of a zonal jet on the sphere: from non-divergence through quasi-geostrophy to shallow water

DOI10.1080/03091929.2020.1724996zbMath1482.76136OpenAlexW3007957867WikidataQ114640023 ScholiaQ114640023MaRDI QIDQ5065735

Chaim. I. Garfinkel, Nathan Paldor, Ofer Shamir

Publication date: 22 March 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2020.1724996

zbMATH Keywords

shear instabilitybarotropic instabilityspherical shallow water equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Geophysical flows (76U60)

Uses Software

• Matlab

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