Mixed barotropic-baroclinic eddies growing on an eastward mid-latitude jet

DOI10.1080/03091929608213633zbMath1181.86006OpenAlexW2154201211MaRDI QIDQ5187792

Y. Feliks, Michael Ghil

Publication date: 1 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929608213633

zbMATH Keywords

Gulf Streameddy formationBarotropic-baroclinic instabilitymeanders and ringsmidlatitude jets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

Related Items (1)

Baroclinic and barotropic aspects of the wind-driven ocean circulation

Uses Software

• EISPACK

Cites Work

• Matrix eigensystem routines - EISPACK guide. 2nd ed
• The heton, an elementary interaction between discrete baroclinic geostrophic vortices, and its implications concerning eddy heat-flow
• The spatial and temporal evolution of localized unstable baroclinic disturbances
• Two-layer quasi-geostrophic turbulence in a simple special case

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