A resonant instability of steady mountain waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 568, Issue , 2006, Pages 303-327

  Lee, Youngsuk ^a   Muraki, David J ^a   Alexander, David E ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b 3 Sigma Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LANDFORMS; STEADY FLOW;

LINEAR STABILITY PROBLEM; PEAK-TO-PEAK SEPARATION; STEADY MOUNTAIN WAVES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LANDFORMS; STEADY FLOW;

GRAVITY WAVE; INSTABILITY; RESONANCE; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 33750983006     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200600231X     Document Type: Article

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