Linear and nonlinear barotropic instability of geostrophic shear layers

DOI10.1017/S0022112091001647zbMath0717.76053MaRDI QIDQ5749044

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Publication date: 1991

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

zbMATH Keywords

linear instabilitygeostrophic shear layerinitially small-amplitude wavesstrongly nonlinear evolution of unstable waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

Cites Work

• Contour surgery: A topological reconnection scheme for extended integrations using contour dynamics
• Ageostrophic instability of ocean currents

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