Accessibility navigation

Nonlinear symmetric stability of planetary atmospheres

Lists
Tools

Bowman, J. C. and Shepherd, T. G. (1995) Nonlinear symmetric stability of planetary atmospheres. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, 296. pp. 391-407. ISSN 0022-1120

[img]
Preview
 Text - Published Version
· Please see our End User Agreement before downloading.
1MB

It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing.

To link to this item DOI: 10.1017/S0022112095002175

Abstract/Summary

The energy–Casimir method is applied to the problem of symmetric stability in the context of a compressible, hydrostatic planetary atmosphere with a general equation of state. Formal stability criteria for symmetric disturbances to a zonally symmetric baroclinic flow are obtained. In the special case of a perfect gas the results of Stevens (1983) are recovered. Finite-amplitude stability conditions are also obtained that provide an upper bound on a certain positive-definite measure of disturbance amplitude.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:No Reading authors. Back catalogue items
Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
ID Code:32868
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Download Statistics

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Altmetric
Deposit Details

University Staff: Request a correction | Centaur Editors: Update this record

Page navigation

See also