Boundary layer control of rotating convection systems

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7227, 2009, Pages 301-304

  King, Eric M ^a   Stellmach, Stephan ^b,c   Noir, Jerome ^a   Hansen, Ulrich ^b   Aurnou, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 58249094958     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07647     Document Type: Article

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