AN EXAMPLE OF 2-MODE INTERACTION IN A 3-LAYER MODEL OF BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY
A three-layer model of baroclinic instability on a β-plane with Ekman layers on the interfaces and upper and lower bounding surfaces, is shown to support 2 unstable modes, having the same wavenumber but different phase speeds, on the stability boundary, when the basic state comprises non-linear shea...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1982
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