Stability of equatorial currents with nonzero potential vorticity

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 31-64

  Renardy, Michael ^a   Perkins, James ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial plane; Flow stability; Fronts; Potential vorticity

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; FLOW; STABILITY; VORTICITY;

BETA-PLANE; FLOW MODELLING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STABILITY;

EID: 0030666861     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929708208984     Document Type: Article

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