The onset of thermal convection in a rapidly rotating sphere

DOI10.1017/S0022112099007235zbMath0990.76021OpenAlexW1995375212WikidataQ57946955 ScholiaQ57946955MaRDI QIDQ4494490

Chris A. Jones, Andrew M. Soward, Ali I. Mussa

Publication date: 14 August 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099007235

zbMATH Keywords

gravitylinear stabilitycritical Rayleigh numberPrandtl numberthermal convectionstress-free boundary conditionsBoussinesq fluidEkman numberrapidly rotating sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Convection in hydrodynamic stability (76E06) Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07)

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