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Ekman Instability

Ekman Instability is a hydrodynamic instability arising within rotating stratified fluids when the vertical shear of horizontal velocity in an Ekman layer exceeds a critical threshold, leading to the breakdown of laminar flow and the spontaneous generation of large-scale turbulent eddies that disrupt the geostrophic balance.

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Thermal instabilities in rapidly rotating systems

F. H. Busse · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1970 · 733 citations

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On the Instability of Ekman Boundary Flow

Douglas K. Lilly · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1966 · 335 citations · Full text

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The onset of thermal convection in rotating spherical shells

Emmanuel Dormy, A. M. Soward, C. A. Jones et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2004 · 209 citations

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An experimental study of the instability of the laminar Ekman boundary layer

Alan J. Faller · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1963 · 195 citations

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A Secondary Flow Model for the Planetary Boundary Layer

Robert A. Brown · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1970 · 177 citations

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Authors

132

  1. AJ
    Alan J. Faller

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    6 publications · 577 citations

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  2. RK
    Robert Kaylor

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    4 publications · 267 citations

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  3. DJ
    D. Jault

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 405 citations

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  4. RH
    Rainer Hollerbach

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 235 citations

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  5. ED
    Emmanuel Dormy

    École Normale Supérieure - PSL, France

    3 publications · 237 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    579 citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    115 citations

  4. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    528 citations

  5. Université Joseph Fourier

    Grenoble, France

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    802 citations

  6. Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

    Dresden, Germany

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    505 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    165 citations

  8. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    295 citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    21 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    10 publications · 912 citations

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  3. Physics of Fluids

    3 publications · 160 citations

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  4. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

    3 publications · 143 citations

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  5. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

    2 publications · 28 citations

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