Fingering convection: The interplay of small and large scales

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 898, Issue , 2000, Pages 144-158

  Paparella, Francesco ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Double diffusion; Salt fingers; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034025966     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06170.x     Document Type: Article

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