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Boundary Layer Instability

Boundary Layer Instability is a meteorological phenomenon characterized by the spontaneous development of turbulent or organized convective motions within the atmospheric boundary layer due to destabilizing gradients in temperature, moisture, or wind shear that overcome static and dynamic stability constraints.

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The three-dimensional nature of boundary-layer instability

Philip S. Klebanoff, K. D. Tidstrom, L. M. Sargent · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1962 · 1.1K citations

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Convective instability of a thickened boundary layer and its relevance for the thermal evolution of continental convergent belts

G. A. Houseman, Dan McKenzie, Péter Molnár · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 1.1K citations

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Secondary Instability of Boundary Layers

T Herbert · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1988 · 815 citations

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Boundary-Layer Linear Stability Theory

L. M. Mack · 1984 · 771 citations

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On the stability of three-dimensional boundary layers with application to the flow due to a rotating disk

N. Gregory, John Trevor Stuart, W. S. G. Walker · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1955 · 665 citations

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    Meelan M. Choudhari

    Langley Research Center, United States

    9 publications · 616 citations

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  2. JM
    J. M. Floryan

    Western University, Canada

    9 publications · 704 citations

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  3. AT
    Anatoli Tumin

    University of Arizona, United States

    9 publications · 611 citations

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  4. PH
    Philip Hall

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 406 citations

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    D. Andrew S. Rees

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 187 citations

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  1. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    17 h-index

    42 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    41 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    925 citations

  5. Science and Technology Corporation (United States)

    Hampton, United States

    11 h-index

    21 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    3.1K citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    725 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    638 citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    98 publications · 8.5K citations

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  2. Boundary-Layer Meteorology

    41 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Physics of Fluids

    29 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. AIAA Journal

    31 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    17 publications · 1.4K citations

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