Abstract: The instability of two-level and two-layer quasi-geostrophic models containing zonally symmetric, meridionally sloping lower boundaries are discussed and compared. The influence of this topography is to reduce the eastward ...

Abstract: From the analytical model described in the previous article (Part I) we show how second-order non-geostrophic effects modify the initially sinusoidal pattern of vertical motion accompanying an unstable baroclinic wave, and ...

Abstract: An analytical study is made showing how second-order, non-geostrophic effects can modify a two-layer baroclinic wave system that grows exponentially from a small perturbation in a uniform zonal current. Many of the features ...

Abstract: Using an analytical model similar to that previously applied by the authors to the atmosphere, calculations are made showing how second-order, nongeostrophic effects can modify a two-layer baroclinic wave system that grows ...

Abstract: A second-order theory of baroclinic waves is developed to investigate non-quasi-geostrophic behavior in disturbances in which latent heat release associated with condensation is permitted to occur in an atmosphere saturated ...

Abstract: In this paper we develop the analytical theory of two-level quasi-geostrophic baroclinic waves without ?-effect aimed at understanding the role of latent heat release on the development of baroclinic waves. When the release ...