Experiments on the structure of baroclinic waves and zonal jets in an internally heated, rotating, cylinder of fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 374-389

  Bastin, M E ^a   Read, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTATING FLOW; WAVE;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CYLINDERS; JETS; ROTATION;

EID: 0031811982     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869530     Document Type: Article

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