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Project on Generalized Stability Theory (46)
- Generalized Stability Theory Reviews (3)
- Stochastic Structural Stability Theory (9)
- Stability of Time Dependent Flows (2)
- Stability of Uncertain Flows (3)
- Stability of Compressible Flows (1)
- Stability of Buoyancy Waves in Stratified Flows (1)
- Stability of Nongeostrophic Flows (2)
- Midlatitude Cyclogenesis (9)
- Tropical Cyclogenesis (1)
- Tornadogenesis (3)
- Frontogenesis (2)
- Barotropic Stability Theory (3)
- Stability of Ocean Currents (3)
- Stability of Surface Water Waves (1)
- Stability of Laboratory Shear Flows (5)
Statistical State Dynamics (28)
Project on Stochastic Turbulence Theory (14)
- Stochastic Turbulence Theory Applied to Quasigeostrophic Turbulence (7)
- Stochastic Turbulence Theory Applied to Shear Flow Turbulence (7)
Project on Predictability and Data Assimilation (10)
- Predictability (10)
Project on Excitation of Nonlinear Equilibria in Shear Flow (3)
- Excitation of Nonlinear Finite Amplitude Equilibria in Barotropic Shear Flow (1)
- Excitation of Nonlinear Finite Amplitude Equilibria in Laboratory Shear Flow (1)
Project on Rossby Wave Group Velocity Critical Layers (1)
- Rossby Wave Group Velocity Critical Layer Dynamics (1)
Project on Superrotation Driven by Gravity Waves (1)
- Superrotation Forced by Gravity Wave Absorption (1)
Project on Climate Dynamics (5)
- Teleconnections and Rainfall Variability (4)
- Equable Climate Dynamics (1)
Project on Control of Turbulence in Laboratory Shear Flows (1)
- Controlling Shear Turbulence (1)
Project on Magnetic Field Generation in Conductiong Fluids (2)
- MHD and Dynamos (2)
Project on the Generalized Stability of Chemical Dynamics (1)
- Generalized Stability of Chemical Dynamical Systems (1)
Project on Jet Formation in Drift Wave Turbulence (1)

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1985

Farrell, & Watterson. (1985). Rossby waves in opposing currents. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 1746-1756.

Farrell, & Watterson. (1985). Rossby waves in opposing currents. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 1746-1756.

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A Barotropic Rossby wave incident to a region of increasing mean flow velocity opposing the wave group velocity undergoes a reversal of direction at a stopping point where the mean flow velocity and local wave group velocities are equal and opposite...

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