Open AccessThe Destabilization of Rossby Normal Modes by Meridional Baroclinic Shear*
Author(s) -
Joseph Pedlosky
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of physical oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.706
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1520-0485
pISSN - 0022-3670
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<2418:tdornm>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - baroclinity , zonal and meridional , rossby wave , rossby radius of deformation , instability , wavenumber , potential vorticity , geology , shear (geology) , meridional flow , shear flow , mechanics , zonal flow (plasma) , rossby number , vorticity , physics , geophysics , atmospheric sciences , vortex , turbulence , optics , plasma , petrology , quantum mechanics , tokamak