A laboratory study of global-scale wave interactions in baroclinic flow with topography I: Multiple flow regimes

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 128-160

  Read, P L ^a   Risch, S H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ESG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Baroclinic waves; Flow regimes; Sloping convection; Topography

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; BAROCLINIC FLOWS; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC WAVES; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW VISUALISATION; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOWER RESOLUTION; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; MULTIPLE FLOWS; PARAMETER SPACES; ROTATING ANNULUS; SLOPING CONVECTION; STATIONARY WAVES; TIME-DEPENDENT; UNSTABLE FLOWS; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TOPOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; VISUALIZATION; WAVE ACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE-SEAFLOOR INTERACTION;

EID: 79952934478     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2010.537826     Document Type: Article

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