On the effects of frontogenetic strain on symmetric instability and inertia-gravity waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 711, Issue , 2012, Pages 620-640

  Thomas, Leif N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

baroclinic flows; internal waves; rotating flows

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATIONS; BAROCLINIC FLOWS; ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; INTERNAL WAVES; ROTATING FLOW; STABLE STRATIFICATION; SYMMETRIC INSTABILITIES;

SHEAR FLOW;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; BAROCLINIC MOTION; FRONTOGENESIS; GRAVITY WAVE; INERTIA; OCEANIC CURRENT; PERTURBATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; ROTATING FLOW;

EID: 84870002815     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.416     Document Type: Article

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