Vortex structures in geophysical convection

DOI10.1016/S0997-7546(01)01129-3zbMath1011.76093OpenAlexW2004073827MaRDI QIDQ5950215

D. C. IV Smith, H. J. S. Fernando

Publication date: 6 December 2001

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0997-7546(01)01129-3

zbMATH Keywords

stratificationrotationbuoyant convection flowsdipolar structuresgeophysical convectiongeostrophic vorticeshetonsmushroom vorticesvortex structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-02) Viscous vortex flows (76D17) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

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Vortex dynamics in rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

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