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Instability of some equatorially trapped waves
Author(s) -
Constantin Adrian,
Germain Pierre
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: oceans
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-9291
pISSN - 2169-9275
DOI - 10.1002/jgrc.20219
Subject(s) - instability , lagrangian , physics , traveling wave , classical mechanics , mechanics , quantum electrodynamics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , mathematical physics
A high‐frequency asymptotics approach within the Lagrangian framework shows that some exact equatorially trapped three‐dimensional waves are linearly unstable when their steepness exceeds a specific threshold.
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