On the generation mechanisms of short-scale unbalanced modes in rotating two-layer flows with vertical shear

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 528, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-22

  Williams, Paul D ^a,b   Haine, Thomas W N ^c   Read, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROCLINIC STABILITY; FROUDE NUMBER; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

SHEAR FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 18144365482     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004002873     Document Type: Article

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