Experimental study of high-Rayleigh-number convection in mercury and water

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 24, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 117-127

  Cioni, S ^a   Ciliberto, S ^a   Sommeria, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; HIGH RAYLEIGH NUMBER; MERCURY; WATER;

EID: 0029673580     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0265(95)00453-x     Document Type: Article

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