A. B. Mikhailovskii, M. S. Shirokov, A. I. Smolyakov, V. S. Tsypin, “Two-stream-like mechanism of zonal-flow generation by Rossby waves in shallow rotating fluid”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2006, Volume 84, Issue 2,Pages <nobr>81

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Two-stream-like mechanism of zonal-flow generation by Rossby waves in shallow rotating fluid

A. B. Mikhailovskii^a, M. S. Shirokov^a, A. I. Smolyakov^ab, V. S. Tsypin^c

^a Institute of Nuclear Fusion, Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"
^b University of Saskatchewan
^c Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, Cidade Universitaria, 05508-900, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract: It is shown that the small-scale Rossby waves in shallow rotating fluid, placed in gravitational field, can generate large-scale zonal flows by means of a two-stream-like mechanism. This mechanism is revealed in the conditions when the Lighthill instability criterion is not satisfied.

PACS: 47.32.-y, 52.35.-g, 98.62.Hr

Received: 22.06.2006

Language: English