Pollard’s Exact Solution for Nonlinear Lee Waves

• Taoyu Yang ^[1] ; Michal Feckan ^[2] ; JinRong Wang ^[1]
  1. [1] Guizhou University

     Guizhou University

     China

     
  2. [2] Comenius University

     Comenius University

     Eslovaquia

     
• Localización: Qualitative theory of dynamical systems, ISSN 1575-5460, Vol. 25, Nº 4, 2026
• Idioma: inglés
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  • We conduct a dynamical analysis of Pollard’s exact solution to the nonlinear lee waves problem in the f -plane approximation. Further,we derive particle orbits and the dispersion relation, and discuss some properties of the pressure, density and vorticity.

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