A geophysical-scale model of vertical natural convection boundary layers

DOI10.1017/S0022112008002346zbMath1147.76034WikidataQ110316636 ScholiaQ110316636MaRDI QIDQ3533087

Andrew J. Wells, M. Grae Worster

Publication date: 30 October 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112008002346

zbMATH Keywords

heat flux; buoyancy-driven instability; shear-driven instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76R10: Free convection

76E06: Convection in hydrodynamic stability

76F40: Turbulent boundary layers

76F35: Convective turbulence

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