Narrowband oscillations in the upper equatorial ocean. Part II: Properties of Shear instabilities

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-428

  Smyth, W D ^a   Moum, J N ^a   Nash, J D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability; Kelvin Helmholtz instabilities; Pacific Ocean; Shear structure flows

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PROFILES; CRITICAL LEVEL; EIGEN FUNCTION; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; HYPERBOLIC TANGENT MODELS; INSTABILITY; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; LINEAR PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; NARROW BANDS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATE; OSCILLATORY SIGNALS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PEAK FREQUENCIES; PROBABILISTIC THEORY; SHEAR INSTABILITY; SHEAR STRUCTURE/FLOWS; UNSTABLE MODES; VORTICITY GRADIENTS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STABILITY; WAVES;

SHEAR FLOW;

CURRENT VELOCITY; DENSITY CURRENT; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OSCILLATION; PERTURBATION; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; VORTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79954994073     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4451.1     Document Type: Article

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