Low Froude number limiting dynamics for stably stratified flow with small or finite Rossby numbers

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-50

  Embid, Pedro F ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Resonances; Strongly stratified flow; Vortical modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040010955     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929808208993     Document Type: Article

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