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Inertial Instability

Inertial Instability is a hydrodynamic instability arising in rotating fluids when the absolute angular momentum decreases in the direction of the flow, leading to the amplification of inertial oscillations and disrupting the balance of geostrophic and centrifugal forces.

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The role of meso-scale structures in rapid gas–solid flows

Kapil Agrawal, Peter N. Loezos, Madhava Syamlal et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2001 · 743 citations

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Dynamics of Winds and Currents Coupled to Surface Waves

Peter P. Sullivan, James C. McWilliams · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2009 · 409 citations

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The stability of planetary waves on an infinite beta‐plane

A. E. Gill · Geophysical Fluid Dynamics · 1974 · 161 citations

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Inertial Instability and Mesoscale Convective Systems. Part I: Linear Theory of Inertial Instability in Rotating Viscous Fluids

Kerry Emanuel · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1979 · 157 citations

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The role of inertial instability in determining the location and strength of near‐equatorial convection

Robert A. Tomas, Peter J. Webster · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1997 · 151 citations

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Authors

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  1. ML
    Michaël Le Bars

    Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Équilibre, France

    6 publications · 276 citations

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  2. BL
    Bach Lien Hua

    Ifremer, France

    5 publications · 154 citations

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  3. JA
    John A. Knox

    University of Georgia, United States

    5 publications · 213 citations

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  4. VZ
    Vladimir Zeitlin

    Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France

    5 publications · 180 citations

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  5. RC
    R. C. Kloosterziel

    University of California San Diego, United States

    4 publications · 158 citations

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Institutions

219

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    62 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Équilibre

    Marseille, France

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    945 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    562 citations

  4. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique

    Palaiseau, France

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    436 citations

  5. Aix-Marseille Université

    Marseille, France

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    804 citations

  6. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    666 citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    422 citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    891 citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    34 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    31 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Physics of Fluids

    14 publications · 471 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    12 publications · 346 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 11 publications · 400 citations

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