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D'Orgeville, Marc; Hua, Bach-lien. |
This study revisits the problem of the zonally symmetric instability on the equatorial beta-plane. Rather than treating the classical problem of a steady basic flow, it treats a sequence of problems of increasing complexity in which the basic flow is oscillatory in time with a frequency omega(0). First, for the case of a homogeneous fluid, a time-oscillating barotropic shear forcing may excite a subharmonic parametric resonance of inertial oscillations. Because of the continuous distribution of inertial oscillation frequencies, this resonance occurs at critical inertial latitudes y(c). such that beta y(c) = +/-omega(0)/2. Next the effects of stratification, characterized by Brunt-Vaisala frequency N, are taken into account. It is shown analytically (in... |
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Palavras-chave: Equatorial wave; Dynamical model; Oscillating shear flows. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-433.pdf |
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