Transient dynamics of nonsymmetric perturbations versus symmetric instability in baroclinic zonal shear flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2972-2989

  Mamatsashvili, G R ^a,b   Avsarkisov, V S ^b   Chagelishvili, G D ^b   Chanishvili, R G ^b   Kalashnik, M V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION TYPHOON   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Dynamics; Instability; Shear structure flows

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC FLOWS; BASIC FLOW; CONSTANT PHASE; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; CURRENT ANALYSIS; INCLINATION ANGLES; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; INSTABILITY; INVISCID FLOWS; JET STREAKS; KELVIN MODES; LINEAR COUPLING; LINEAR DYNAMICS; LINEAR OPERATORS; NON-NORMALITY; NONSYMMETRIC; PARALLEL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; RICHARDSON NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SHEAR STRUCTURE/FLOWS; SPATIAL FOURIER HARMONICS; STABLE STRATIFICATION; TRANSIENT AMPLIFICATION; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS; TRANSIENT GROWTH; VERTICAL SHEAR; VORTEX MODE; WAVENUMBER SPACES;

DYNAMICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; STABILITY; WAVES;

SHEAR FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CORIOLIS FORCE; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAVITY WAVE; INSTABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 77958587226     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3313.1     Document Type: Article

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