Rayleigh-Bénard convection as a tool for studying dust devils

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 104-113

  Elsner, James B ^a   Kavlakov, S P ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Dust devils; Rayleigh B nard convection; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998834006     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/asle.2001.0043     Document Type: Article

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