A simple model of dry convective helical vortices (with applications to the atmospheric dust devil)

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 40, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 151-162

  Kurgansky, Michael V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boussinesq fluid; Dust devil; Intense atmospheric vortices; Rankine vortex

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; SOLUTIONS; WIND;

DRY CONVECTION; MONOTONIC GROWTH; VORTEX SOLUTIONS;

VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; DUST DEVIL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 20444476767     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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