A mechanism of formation of multiple zonal jets in the oceans

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 628, Issue , 2009, Pages 395-425

  Berloff, P ^a,b   Kamenkovich, I ^c   Pedlosky, J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING ZONAL JETS; LINEAR STABILITY; MECHANISM OF FORMATION; MULTIPLE ZONAL JETS; PRIMARY INSTABILITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; SELF-INTERACTIONS; TRANSVERSE INSTABILITY;

STABILITY;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STABILITY; JET FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 67650908758     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009006375     Document Type: Article

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