Shear and mixing in oscillatory doubly diffusive convection

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-289

  Paparella, Francesco ^a   Spiegel, Edward A ^b   Talon, Suzanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mixing; Oscillatory doubly diffusive convection; Semiconvection; Shear

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; OSCILLATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

OSCILLATORY DOUBLY DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; SEMICONVECTION; SHEAR;

HEAT CONVECTION;

DIFFUSION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; OSCILLATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

ASTROPHYSICS; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CONVECTION; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; MIXING; OSCILLATION; SEAWATER; THERMAL CONVECTION; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 33646061844     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920290029031     Document Type: Article

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