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Linear Baroclinic Instability

Linear Baroclinic Instability is a theoretical framework in atmospheric and oceanic dynamics that describes the growth of small-amplitude perturbations in a baroclinic shear flow through linearized equations of motion, distinguishing it from nonlinear or finite-amplitude instability mechanisms by focusing exclusively on the initial exponential growth phase governed by linear dynamics.

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Baroclinic instability and geostrophic turbulence

Rick Salmon · Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics · 1980 · 282 citations

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The geography of linear baroclinic instability in Earth's oceans

K. Shafer Smith · Journal of Marine Research · 2007 · 258 citations

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Interannual and Decadal Modulations Recently Observed in the Pacific Storm Track Activity and East Asian Winter Monsoon

Hisashi Nakamura, T. Izumi, Takeaki Sampe · Journal of Climate · 2002 · 214 citations

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Primitive equation instability of wide oceanic rings: Part I: Linear Theory

ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) · 1997 · 174 citations

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Is the meander growth in the Brazil Current system off Southeast Brazil due to baroclinic instability?

Ilson Carlos Almeida da Silveira, José Antônio Moreira Lima, André Campos Kersten Schmidt et al. · Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans · 2008 · 161 citations · Full text

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  1. JP
    Joseph Pedlosky

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    3 publications · 75 citations

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  2. PL
    P. L. Read

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 62 citations

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  3. RM
    R. M. Samelson

    Oregon State University, United States

    3 publications · 79 citations

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  4. JE
    John E. Hart

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    3 publications · 85 citations

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  5. RN
    R. N. Keshavamurty

    Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    311 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    135 citations

  3. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    300 citations

  4. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    63 citations

  5. Institute of Atmospheric Physics

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    110 citations

  6. NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    165 citations

  7. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    406 citations

  8. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    138 citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    27 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    16 publications · 477 citations

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  3. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    9 publications · 295 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 8 publications · 365 citations

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