Finite-amplitude baroclinic instability of a mesoscale gravity current in a channel

DOI10.1080/03091929608213634zbMath1181.76072OpenAlexW2075593469WikidataQ126257208 ScholiaQ126257208MaRDI QIDQ5187794

Curtis J. Mooney, Gordon E. Swaters

Publication date: 1 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929608213634

zbMATH Keywords

baroclinic instabilitygravity currentsnonlinear instabilityfrontal dynamicsDensity-driven flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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