Because of gravitational interactions with their companions, the rotational dynamics of
planets and stars involve periodic perturbations of their shape, the direction of their …

In studies on geophysical fluid dynamics, it is common practice to take the Coriolis force only
partially into account by neglecting the components proportional to the cosine of latitude, the …

Precession of planets or moons affects internal liquid layers by driving flows, instabilities and
possibly dynamos. The energy dissipated by these phenomena can influence orbital …

The structure and spectrum of inertial waves of an incompressible viscous fluid inside a
spherical shell are investigated numerically. These modes appear to be strongly featured by …

We investigate the asymptotic properties of inertial modes confined in a spherical shell when
viscosity tends to zero. We first consider the map** made by the characteristics of the …

The Ekman boundary layer scalings associated with small oscillatory flows in a rapidly
rotating system are well known to break down at the critical latitudes. The effect of these …

Precession of planets or moons affects internal liquid layers by driving flows, instabilities and
possibly dynamos. The energy dissipated by these phenomena can influence orbital …

Several new results are obtained for the classical problem of inertial waves in a rotating fluid
sphere which was formulated by Poincaré more than a century ago. Explicit general …

Inertial waves are a ubiquitous feature of rapidly rotating fluids. Although much is known
about their initial excitation, little is understood about their stability. Experiments indicate that …

Linear waves in bounded inviscid fluids do not generally form normal modes with regular
eigenfunctions. Examples are provided by inertial waves in a rotating fluid contained in a …