Hopf bifurcation in quasi-geostrophic channel flow

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 343-368

  Chen, Zhi Min ^a   Ghil, Michael ^b,c   Simonnet, Eric ^d   Wang, Shouhong ^e  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric and oceanic waves; Hopf bifurcation; Quasi geostrophic channel flow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; HOPF BIFURCATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC CHANNEL FLOW;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 1842510054     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139902406164     Document Type: Article

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