Instability of convective cells and genesis of convective structures of different scale

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 365, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-22

  Malbackov, V M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; DIFFUSION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRAVITATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STABILITY;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; CONVECTIVE TURBULENCE; DESTRUCTION; NONLINEAR PULSATIONS INTERACTION; THERMOHYDRODYNAMICS EQUATIONS; TURBULENT PULSATION; WAVE TURNOVER;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032092160     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098008994     Document Type: Article

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