Convection in a rotating spherical fluid shell with an inhomogeneous temperature boundary condition at finite Prandtl number

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1141-1148

  Zhang, K ^a   Gubbins, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; SHELLS; SPHERICAL FLUID;

EID: 0029656369     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868914     Document Type: Article

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