Strongly nonlinear convection cells in a rapidly rotating fluid layer: The tilted f-plane

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 360, Issue , 1998, Pages 141-178

  Julien, Keith ^a,b   Knobloch, Edgar ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; OSCILLATIONS;

NONLINEAR CONVECTION CELLS;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032048693     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097008446     Document Type: Article

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