Free boundary effects on baroclinic instability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 352, Issue , 1997, Pages 245-264

  Beron vera, F J ^a   Ripa, P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY; VELOCITY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; FREE BOUNDARY; PARALLEL FLOW; RICHARDSON NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBER;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0031335891     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007222     Document Type: Article

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