Principal instabilities of large amplitude inertio-gravity waves

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 936-951

  Yau, K H ^a   Klaassen, G P ^a   Sonmor, L J ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE EFFECTS;

INERTIO-GRAVITY WAVES; PHASE-EVALUATION ANGLES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY; INSTABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE;

FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY; INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; WAVE;

EID: 1842785580     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1643916     Document Type: Article

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