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Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-1073-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-1073-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
Research article
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01 Jul 2026
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2026

Revisiting barotropic instability from the perspective of wave evolution theory

Yaokun Li

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This work offers a novel theoretical perspective on classical barotropic instability by integrating modal and nonmodal instabilities within a unified diagnostic framework that emphasizes energy and amplitude variations along propagating wave packets.
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