On nonlinear symmetric stability and the nonlinear saturation of symmetric instability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2918-2923

  Mu, Mu ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^b   Swanson, Kyle ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; NONLINEAR SATURATION; SYMMETRIC INSTABILITY;

EID: 0030422798     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2918:ONSSAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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