The horizontal scale of rotating convection in the geostrophic regime
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Publication:4361840
DOI10.1017/S0022112096004168zbMath0917.76096OpenAlexW2030614191MaRDI QIDQ4361840
Publication date: 18 July 1999
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112096004168
Rayleigh numberthermal boundary layergeostrophic balancefinite-amplitude convectionEkman layerthermotropic liquid-crystal capsulesvisualization of temperature pattern
Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Forced convection (76R05)
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