Near-inertial parametric subharmonic instability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 607, Issue , 2008, Pages 25-49

  Young, W R ^a   Tsang, Y K ^a   Balmforth, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; HEURISTIC METHODS; WATER WAVES;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; INERTIAL DISTURBANCES; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; MULTIPLE-SCALE APPROACH; NEAR-INERTIAL OSCILLATIONS; SUBHARMONIC INSTABILITY;

GROWTH RATE;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW STABILITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TIDAL MODELING; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 47049128936     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008001742     Document Type: Article

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