Abstract: When a vertical rotating annulus of liquid is subject to a horizontal temperature gradient, provided that the coefficient of kinematical viscosity, ??, is not too great and the angular velocity of rotation,Ω is sufficiently ...

Abstract: An analytical solution is presented for the baroclinic stability problem of a Boussinesq fluid in a ?-plane channel with Ekman suction boundary conditions. All of the modes, stable and unstable, belonging to this problem ...