
A Simple Model for the Baroclinic Life Cycle of Meridionally Elongated Eddies in Uniform Shear
Author(s) -
Thomas Frisius
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of the atmospheric sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.853
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1520-0469
pISSN - 0022-4928
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3508:asmftb>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - baroclinity , barotropic fluid , mechanics , eddy , mean flow , shear flow , shear (geology) , physics , zonal flow (plasma) , zonal and meridional , geology , instability , simple shear , classical mechanics , atmospheric sciences , turbulence , shear stress , petrology , plasma , quantum mechanics , tokamak