The linear stability of time-dependent baroclinic shear

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 568-581

  Poulin, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC SHEAR; BAROCLINIC SHEAR FLOW; BOUNDED NOISE; EXTREME CASE; KUBO OSCILLATORS; LINEAR DYNAMICS; LINEAR STABILITY; MATHIEU EQUATION; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY; NONZERO MEAN; PERIODIC SHEAR; PHILLIPS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; RANDOM VARIATION; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTICITY; TIME VARIABILITY; TIME-AVERAGED; TIME-DEPENDENT; TWO LAYERS; YIELD GROWTH;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

SHEAR FLOW;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; LINEARITY; PERTURBATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 77953255774     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4094.1     Document Type: Article

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