Rossby-Kelvin instability: A new type of ageostrophic instability caused by a resonance between Rossby waves and gravity waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 149-176

  Sakai, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

GEOSTROPHIC MODES; PHILLIPS' MODEL; ROSSBY-KELVIN INSTABILITY;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 0024664221     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112089001138     Document Type: Article

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