On the normal mode instability of modons and Wu-Verkley waves

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 39-54

  Skiba, Yuri N ^a   Strelkov, Andrei Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barotropic waves; Conservation laws; Modons

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WAVES;

ENERGY STRUCTURE;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

INSTABILITY; VORTICITY;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; INSTABILITY;

EID: 0034441539     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920008203721     Document Type: Article

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