Stability of a Double-Diffusive Interface in the Diffusive Convection Regime

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 840-854

  Carpenter, J R ^a,c   Sommer, T ^b   Wuest A ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE INTERFACES; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; PARAMETERIZED; QUASI-STEADY; RAPID DIFFUSION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TIME DEPENDENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

STABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 84864499607     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0118.1     Document Type: Article

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