Balance regimes for the stability of a jet in an f-plane shallow water system

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-377

  Sugimoto, Norihiko ^a,b   Ishioka, Keiichi ^a   Yoden, Shigeo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balanced models; Jet; Linear stability analysis; Nonlinear simulation; Quasi geostrophic approximation; Shallow water system; Shear instability

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FROUDE NUMBER; LINEAR EQUATIONS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC APPROXIMATION; SHALLOW WATER SYSTEM; SHEAR INSTABILITY;

JETS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FROUDE NUMBER; JETS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

EID: 34247232522     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluiddyn.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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