Bifurcations and instabilities in rotating two-layer fluids: I.f-plane

In this paper, we show that the behaviour of weakly nonlinear waves in a 2-layer model of baroclinic instability on an f-plane with varying viscosity is determined by a single, degenerate codimension three bifurcation. In the process, we show how previous studies, using the method of multiple sc...

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Main Authors: A. F. Lovegrove, I. M. Moroz, P. L. Read
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2001-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/8/21/2001/npg-8-21-2001.pdf