Available potential energy and buoyancy variance in horizontal convection

DOI10.1017/S0022112009006685zbMath1181.76121MaRDI QIDQ5187665

Kraig B. Winters, William R. Young

Publication date: 26 February 2010

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Free convection (76R10)

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• Horizontal Convection
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