Fully nonlinear three-dimensional convection in a rapidly rotating layer

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1469-1483

  Julien, Keith ^a   Knobloch, Edgar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001203204     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870010     Document Type: Article

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