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A note on the stability of inviscid zonal jet flows on a rotating sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2012

Eiichi Sasaki ,
Shin-ichi Takehiro  and
Michio Yamada
Eiichi Sasaki*
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
Shin-ichi Takehiro
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
Michio Yamada
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
*
†Email address for correspondence: esasaki@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

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).

JFM classification

Wakes/Jets: Jets Geophysical and Geological Flows: Rotating flows Geophysical and Geological Flows: Waves in rotating fluids
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 710 , 10 November 2012 , pp. 154 - 165
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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