Baroclinic instability of a symmetric, rotating, stratified flow: A study of the nonlinear stabilisation mechanisms in the presence of viscosity

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 487-496

  Mantovani, R ^a   Speranza, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; METEOROLOGY; ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036757290     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-9-487-2002     Document Type: Article

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