A combined laboratory and numerical study of heat transport by baroclinic eddies and axisymmetric flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 489, Issue , 2003, Pages 301-323

  Read, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT TRANSFER; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

HEAT TRANSPORT;

FLUID MECHANICS;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING;

EID: 0141680626     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200300524X     Document Type: Article

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