A note on the stability of inviscid zonal jet flows on a rotating sphere
A note on the stability of inviscid zonal jet flows on a rotating sphere
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关于旋转球体上无粘性纬向射流稳定性的注解
DOI:
10.1017/jfm.2012.356
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发表时间:
2012
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通讯作者:
S.Takehiro and M.Yamada
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作者:
E.Sasaki;S.Takehiro and M.Yamada
The linear stability of inviscid zonal jet flows on a rotating sphere is re-examined. A semi-circle theorem for inviscid zonal flows on a rotating sphere is proved. It is also shown that numerically obtained eigenvalues of the linear stability problem do not converge well with a spectral method which was adopted in previous studies, due to an emergence of critical layers near the poles. By using a shooting method where the integral path bypasses the critical layers in the complex plane, the eigenvalues are successfully obtained with correction of the critical rotation rates compared to those obtained in Baines (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 73, 1976, pp. 193–213).