Single-mode theory of diffusive layers in thermohaline convection

DOI10.1017/S0022112082003267zbMath0501.76038MaRDI QIDQ3967230

Douglas Gough, Juri Toomre

Publication date: 1982

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

zbMATH Keywords

single-mode approximationRayleigh numbersdiffusive interfacesthermohaline convectionstability parametershorizontal wavenumbersbuoyancy-flux ratioconvecting layerstwo-layer configuration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Free convection (76R10) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

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Cites Work

• Modal equations for cellular convection
• Nonlinear double-diffusive convection
• Numerical solutions of single-mode convection equations
• Effect of a stabilizing gradient of solute on thermal convection

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