Mammatus cloud formation by settling and evaporation

DOI10.1017/JFM.2020.439MaRDI QIDQ5115441zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. Ravichandran, Rama Govindarajan, Eckart Meiburg

Publication date 13 August 2020

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.439

zbMATH Keywords

buoyancy-driven instabilitymoist convectionnonlinear instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Diffusion and convection (76Rxx) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10)

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