Abstract: The stability of a thin fluid layer between two rotating plates which are subjected to a horizontal temperature gradient is studied. First, the solution for the stationary basic state is obtained in a closed form. This ...

Abstract: Calculations have been performed of the (linear) stability of a baroclinic flow to three-dimensional perturbations. Both the simple Eady basic state and the rotating Hadley cell of Antar and Fowlis are considered. The ...

Abstract: A Stability analysis of a thin horizontal rotating fluid layer which is subjected to arbitrary horizontal and vertical temperature gradients is presented. The basic state is a nonlinear Hadley cell which contains both Ekman ...