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Barotropic Instability

Barotropic Instability is a type of hydrodynamic instability arising in a rotating fluid when the horizontal shear of the mean flow violates the Rayleigh criterion, leading to the growth of disturbances in the absence of vertical density stratification.

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Exponential potentials and cosmological scaling solutions

Edmund J. Copeland, Andrew R. Liddle, David Wands · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1998 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Barotropic Wave Propagation and Instability, and Atmospheric Teleconnection Patterns

A. J. Simmons, John M. Wallace, Grant Branstator · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1983 · 856 citations · Full text

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On Formation and Intensification of Tropical Cyclones Through Latent Heat Release by Cumulus Convection

H. L. Kuo · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1965 · 826 citations

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The Singular-Vector Structure of the Atmospheric Global Circulation

Roberto Buizza, T. N. Palmer · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1995 · 659 citations · Full text

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The Structure and Properties of African Wave Disturbances as Observed During Phase III of GATE

Richard J. Reed, Donald C. Norquist, Ernest E. Recker · Monthly Weather Review · 1977 · 548 citations · Full text

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    Joseph Pedlosky

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    15 publications · 522 citations

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    Eyal Heifetz

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    12 publications · 518 citations

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    Wayne H. Schubert

    Colorado State University, United States

    12 publications · 1.5K citations

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    Brian J. Hoskins

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    11 publications · 847 citations

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  1. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

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    38 publications

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  2. NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

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    32 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    19 h-index

    29 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    19 h-index

    35 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    56 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    18 h-index

    30 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    16 h-index

    28 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique

    Palaiseau, France

    15 h-index

    36 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

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  3. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    82 publications · 4.1K citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 18 publications · 825 citations

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