Turbulent rotating convection at high Rayleigh and Taylor numbers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 649, Issue , 2010, Pages 509-522

  Niemela, J J ^a   Babuin, S ^a   Sreenivasan, K R ^a,b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; MODULATION; PRANDTL NUMBER;

HEAT TRANSPORT; PARAMETER RANGE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBERS; ROTATING CONVECTION; SHARP TRANSITION; TAYLOR NUMBERS; VERTICAL AXIS;

NEWTONIAN FLOW;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CONVECTION; CRYOGENIC FLUID; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HELIUM; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBER; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 77952392356     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009994101     Document Type: Article

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