Plumes in rotating convection. Part 1. Ensemble statistics and dynamical balances

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 391, Issue , 1999, Pages 151-187

  Julien, Keith ^a   Legg, Sonya ^b,d   Mcwilliams, James ^b   Werne, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c C   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL PLUMES; TURBULENT FLOW;

DYNAMICAL BALANCES; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032623958     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099005236     Document Type: Article

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