Inertial nonlinear equilibration of equatorial flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 331, Issue , 1997, Pages 345-371

  Hua, Bach Lien ^a   Moore, Dennis W ^b,c   Le Gentil, Sylvie ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c PMEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DAMPING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; EARTH (PLANET); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; STABILITY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COUETTE TAYLOR FLOW; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; EQUATORIAL FLOW; ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY; INERTIA; RAYLEIGH DAMPING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW;

EQUATORIAL FLOWS; FLOW MODELLING; INERTIAL INSTABILITY; MERIDIONAL SHEAR;

EID: 0030912296     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004016     Document Type: Article

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