Nonlinear baroclinic equilibration at finite supercriticality

DOI10.1080/03091929.2011.637033OpenAlexW1971977590MaRDI QIDQ5875287

J. G. Esler, B. T. Willcocks

Publication date: 3 February 2023

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2011.637033

zbMATH Keywords

baroclinic instabilitycritical layersnonlinear equilibration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and overarching topics; collections (00-XX)

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