Large eddy simulations of two-dimensional turbulent convection in a density-stratified fluid

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 355-375

  Chen, Qiaoning ^a,b   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anelastic approximation; Density stratification; Large eddy simulation; Turbulent convection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASTROPHYSICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

ANELASTIC APPROXIMATION; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 31144447943     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920500264513     Document Type: Article

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