Nonlinear stability of baroclinic fronts in a channel with variable topography

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-199

  Karsten, Richard H ^b   Swaters, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS;

BAROCLINIC; CONSTRAINED ENERGY; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HAMILTONIAN FORMALISM; HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; STABILITY CONDITION; STEADY SOLUTION; VARIABLE BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHIES; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0042860131     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sapm1996962183     Document Type: Article

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