Effects of rotation and sloping terrain on the fronts of density currents

DOI10.1017/S0022112005005239zbMath1103.76062MaRDI QIDQ5693382

J. Rafael Pacheco, H. J. S. Fernando, Julian C. R. Hunt, A. S. Makhalov

Publication date: 26 September 2005

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

zbMATH Keywords

Rossby wavesEarth's rotationsub-synoptic gravity waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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