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Fronts and eddies in the ocean are intimately linked. Eddies are produced at fronts often by instability processes, while the deformation fields associated with eddy motions can lead to frontogenesis. I shall discuss this interplay between fronts and eddies by examining the instabilities of fronts and by describing the eddies produced by these instabilities at finite amplitude.
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Linden, P.F. (1992). Dynamics of Fronts and Frontal Instability. In: Hopfinger, E.J. (eds) Rotating Fluids in Geophysical and Industrial Applications. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 329. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2602-8_6
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