A general method for the linear stability analysis of stratified shear flows

Mobbs, S.D.; Darby, M.S.. 1989 A general method for the linear stability analysis of stratified shear flows. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 115 (488). 915-939. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49711548808

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Abstract/Summary

A general method for testing the stability of a stratified, parallel shear flow is presented. The technique allows the routine determination of unstable modes from any high resolution radiosonde data and is a development of the procedure described by Lalas and Einaudi. Stability analyses of several idealized velocity profiles have been performed in order to validate the method. A particularly important feature is the ability to predict marginally unstable modes with more than one critical level; several examples are presented. An example using real radiosonde data is given.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49711548808
ISSN:	00359009
Date made live:	17 Oct 2018 11:19 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521267

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49711548808

ISSN:

00359009

Date made live:

17 Oct 2018 11:19 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521267