On the origin of time-dependent behaviour in a barotropically unstable shear layer
An experimental study on the instability of a detached Stewartson layer, using an annular, rotating tank with flat, rigid upper and lower boundaries, showed an instability to steady vortices at a critical Reynolds number, arranged in a global mode structure along the shear layer. Increasing the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2003-01-01
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Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/10/289/2003/npg-10-289-2003.pdf |