Numerical experiments with a fluid heated non-uniformly from below

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 242-257

  Rossby, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0031799991     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v50i2.14523     Document Type: Article

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