Convection in a rapidly rotating spherical shell with an imposed laterally varying thermal boundary condition

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 641, Issue , 2009, Pages 335-358

  Davies, Christopher J ^a   Gubbins, David ^a   Jimack, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute convective < instability; Convection; Rotating flows < geophysical and geological flows

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY HEATING; GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; INHOMOGENEOUS HEATING; SPHERICAL SHELL; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; TWO-LAYER FLOWS; UNSTABLE SOLUTIONS;

HEATING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; HEATING; ROTATING FLOW; SPHERE; STEADY FLOW; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 76249092698     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991583     Document Type: Article

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