Finite-amplitude convection in rotating spherical fluid shells

DOI10.1017/S0022112096004259zbMath0887.76070MaRDI QIDQ4361835

Friedrich H. Busse, Andreas Tilgner

Publication date: 25 May 1998

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Prandtl numbers; Rayleigh numbers; distributions of helicity; drifting waves; role of asymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76R10: Free convection

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Unnamed Item, Numerical Solution of Flow Problems in Spherical Geometry with Spectral Methods, Numerical Solution of Flow Problems in Spherical Geometry with Spectral Methods

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