Finite-amplitude perturbations and modulational instability of a stable geostrophic front

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 149-172

  Slomp, Carol G ^a   Swaters, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frontal dynamics; Hamiltonian dynamics; Modulational instability; Nonlinear waves; Physical oceanography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343042814     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929708245460     Document Type: Article

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