On the algebraic decay of disturbances in a stratified linear shear flow
- 11 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 100 (4) , 811-816
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112080001425
Abstract
In this note we confirm the time dependence of the decay of disturbances in a stratified linear shear flow found by Eliassen, Høiland & Riis (1953) and by Booker & Bretherton (1967). The result differs from those of Case (1960b) and of Chimonas (1979) which are incorrect.Keywords
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