Borders of disorder

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-336

  Malkus, Willem V R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; PARALLEL FLOW; SHEAR FLOW;

'CURRENT; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; IDEALISATION; PARALLEL SHEAR FLOWS; QUANTITATIVE THEORY; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; SUB-LAYERS; THERMAL; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

STABILITY;

EID: 0040487321     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9590.1074189     Document Type: Article

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