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contributor authorWright, D. G.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:45:34Z
date available2017-06-09T14:45:34Z
date copyright1980/09/01
date issued1980
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-26119.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4162978
description abstractLow-frequency motions (?0.25 cpd) have recently been observed in Juan de Fuca Strait. The three-layer model developed in Part I of this paper is used to show that some of this activity may be due to an instability (baroclinic) of the mean current to low-frequency quasi-geostrophic disturbances. Satellite infrared imagery and hydrographic maps show eddies in the deep ocean just beyond the continental slope in the northeast Pacific. The eddies are aligned in the north-south direction paralleling the continental slope region and have a wavelength of ?100 km. A modification of the three-layer model derived in Part I is used to study the stability of the current system in this area. It is found that for typical vertical and horizontal shears associated with this current system the most unstable waves have properties in agreement with observations.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleOn the Stability of a Fluid with Specialized Density Stratification. Part II: Mixed Baroclinic-Barotropic Instability with Application to the Northeast Pacific
typeJournal Paper
journal volume10
journal issue9
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1980)010<1307:OTSOAF>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1307
journal lastpage1322
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1980:;Volume( 010 ):;issue: 009
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