PARAMETRIC INSTABILITY OF GENERALIZED PHILLIPS’ MODEL

Zhou Lei (P. R. China) and Cai Jingjing (P. R. China)

Received December 3, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: Phillips’ model, instability, quasi-geostrophic flow.