Instabilities of two-layer shallow-water flows with vertical shear in the rotating annulus

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 638, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-47

  Gula, J ^a   Zeitlin, V ^a   Plougonven, R ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

COLLOCATION METHOD; CROSSOVER REGIONS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; SHALLOW WATER APPROXIMATION; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SHALLOW WATER FLOW; SOLID-BODY ROTATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

SHEAR FLOW;

FLOW STABILITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INSTABILITY; ROTATING FLOW; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SHEAR FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WATER FLOW;

EID: 76349111577     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009990796     Document Type: Article

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