Shear layer and jet instabilities

These models find the motion of one or more x-periodic regions of uniform vorticity.

Begin:

To begin, click on this link to download the main software pieces and start up your matlab process.

Parameters:

Average y position of the interfaces:

PV steps across interfaces:

PV in the southernmost region:

Zonal flow in southernmost region:

Initial disturbance of fronts (use Matlab .* notation):

When you click the screen will show the mean zonal flow for the unperturbed contours and then begin solving.

Continue

Numerical:

Time step:

Maximum time:

Number of points on contours:

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