A NOTE ON THE STABILITY OF BAROCLINIC WAVES

Jerome Spar New York University

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Abstract

The stability characteristics of waves in a thermotropic atmosphere are computed for several velocity profiles. It is shown that the critical wavelength for any wind shear varies considerably with the shape of the velocity profile.

Abstract

The stability characteristics of waves in a thermotropic atmosphere are computed for several velocity profiles. It is shown that the critical wavelength for any wind shear varies considerably with the shape of the velocity profile.

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