On the theory of symmetric instability of time-periodic flows with a complete account for the Coriolis force

MV Kurgansky - Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 2022 - Springer
The symmetric (inertial) parametric instability of time-periodic flows with a linear velocity
profile has been investigated, with a complete account for the Coriolis force in the problem …

Inertial instability of the time-periodic Kolmogorov flow in a rotating fluid with the full account of the Coriolis force

MV Kurgansky - Fluid Dynamics Research, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The inertial parametric instability of a time-dependent spatially periodic flow (Kolmogorov
flow) of a rotating stratified Boussinesq fluid is studied, taking fully into account the Coriolis …

Insights into the mixing efficiency of submesoscale centrifugal–symmetric instabilities

T Chor, JO Wenegrat, J Taylor - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Submesoscale processes provide a pathway for energy to transfer from the balanced
circulation to turbulent dissipation. One class of submesoscale phenomena that has been …

Parametric subharmonic instability of inertial shear at ocean fronts

JP Hilditch, LN Thomas - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The two-dimensional stability of vertically sheared inertial oscillations at ocean fronts is
explored through a linear stability analysis and nonlinear simulations. Baroclinic effects …

Damping effects of viscous dissipation on growth of symmetric instability

L Ferris, D Gong - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.16818, 2024 - arxiv.org
Symmetric instability (SI) is a frontal instability arising from the interaction of rotation with
lateral and vertical shear of a frontal jet and is a generalization of shear, centrifugal, and …

The influence of front strength on the development and equilibration of symmetric instability. Part 2. Nonlinear evolution

AF Wienkers, LN Thomas, JR Taylor - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
In Part 1 (Wienkers, Thomas & Taylor, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 926, 2021, A6), we described the
theory for linear growth and weakly nonlinear saturation of symmetric instability (SI) in the …

К теории симметричной неустойчивости периодических по времени течений с точным учетом силы Кориолиса

МВ Курганский - … Российской академии наук. Физика атмосферы и …, 2022 - elibrary.ru
Исследована симметричная (инерционная) параметрическая неустойчивость
периодических по времени течений с линейным профилем скорости, с точным учетом …

Initial and transient growth of symmetric instability

S Kimura - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The mechanism of initial and transient perturbations of symmetric instability (SI) in a
hydrostatic flow with lateral shear is analyzed by applying the generalized stability analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Vertical transport and mixing driven by symmetric instability in strong ocean fronts

AF Wienkers, JR Taylor - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - wienkers.com
Fronts with large horizontal density gradients and O (1) Rossby numbers are common in the
upper ocean. Such fronts develop through a variety of mechanisms including by mesoscale …