Inertial waves in a rotating spherical shell

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 341, Issue , 1997, Pages 77-99

  Rieutord, M ^a,b   Valdettaro, L ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SPHERES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EKMAN NUMBER; INERTIAL WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; VISCOUS FLUIDS; WAVES;

EID: 0031171947     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097005491     Document Type: Article

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