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A problem in baroclinic stability
Author(s) -
Green J. S. A.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708636813
Subject(s) - baroclinity , generality , stability (learning theory) , mathematics , rossby number , flow (mathematics) , rossby wave , scale (ratio) , geology , meteorology , climatology , computer science , physics , geometry , economics , turbulence , management , quantum mechanics , machine learning
Linearized equations are used to formulate the theoretical problem of the stability of large‐scale zonal flow with vertical shear. The problem is solved in some generality and illustrates the connexion between the solutions already obtained by Rossby, Charney and Eady.