Transitions in turbulent rotating rayleigh-bénard convection

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-489

  Schmitz, S ^a   Tilgner, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; Rotating flows; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE FLOW; EKMAN NUMBERS; FLOW REGIMES; FREE-SLIP; HEAT TRANSPORT; HELICITIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETER SPACES; RAYLEIGH; REYNOLDS; ROTATING FLOW; VELOCITY FIELD;

ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE;

ROTATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONVECTION; CORIOLIS FORCE; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 78449241666     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2010.504720     Document Type: Article

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