A study of the phase instability of quasi-geostrophic Rossby waves on the infinite β-plane to zonal flow perturbations
The problem of the linear instability of quasi-geostrophic Rossby waves to zonal flow perturbations is investigated on an infinite β-plane using a phase dynamics formalism. Equations governing the coupled evolutions of a zonal velocity perturbation and phase and amplitude perturbations of a finite-a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2010-02-01
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| Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
| Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/17/49/2010/npg-17-49-2010.pdf |