Rossby wave interaction in a shear flow with critical levels

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 323, Issue , 1996, Pages 317-338

  Vanneste, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES;

DISPERSIVE WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE INTERACTION;

SHEAR FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW; WAVES;

CRITICAL LEVELS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; PLANETARY WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0030239503     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000936     Document Type: Article

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