A note on the barotropic instability of the Bickley jet

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 499, Issue , 2004, Pages 315-326

  Engevik, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; JETS; STABILITY; THEOREM PROVING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; BICKLEY JETS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; INSTABILITY; JET FLOW; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 1242310732     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003007110     Document Type: Article

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