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Figure 6.19.
Pressure and velocity fields of the upper (left) and lower (middle) layers and interface height (right) of the most
unstable mode for Ro = 0.2 and (a) To =
−
2 (see Figure 6.18a) and (b) To =
−
5 (see Figure 6.18b). Full lines: positive; dotted
lines: negative values.
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