Note on a baroclinic analogue of vorticity defects in shear

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 382, Issue , 1999, Pages 367-373

  Samelson, R M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW;

LINEAR BAROCLINIC PROBLEM; QUASI GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VORTICITY DEFECTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0032636925     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098004005     Document Type: Article

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