Plumes in rotating convection. Part 1. Ensemble statistics and dynamical balances

DOI10.1017/S0022112099005236zbMath0981.76085OpenAlexW2029941085MaRDI QIDQ4952218

James C. McWilliams, Keith Julien, Sonya M. Legg, Joseph Werne

Publication date: 8 May 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099005236

zbMATH Keywords

buoyancyrotating Rayleigh-Bénard convectiontransport of massconvectively driven transport of heathot plume structuresparametrizations of convective mixingrotating plumesturbulent plumes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Forced convection (76R05)

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