Finite amplitude thermal inertial waves in a rotating fluid layer

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 193-214

  Bassom, Andrew P ^a   Zhang, Keke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rapidly rotating layer; Small Prandtl number; Weakly nonlinear theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000451219     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929808221147     Document Type: Article

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