Equilibrium transport in double-diffusive convection

DOI10.1017/JFM.2011.343zbMath1250.76076OpenAlexW2103281847MaRDI QIDQ3167905

D. Paul Smith, Timour Radko

Publication date: 29 October 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2011.343

zbMATH Keywords

instabilitydouble diffusive convectionocean processes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Diffusion (76R50) Convection in hydrodynamic stability (76E06) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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