Geophysical & Astrophysical Convection

by Peter A Fox (Editor), Robert M. Kerr (Editor)

Overview

Geophysical and Astrophysical Convection collects important papers from an international group of the world's foremost researchers in geophysical and astrophysical convection to present a concise overview of recent thinking in the field. Topics include: Atmospheric convection, solar and stellar convection, unsteady non-penetrative thermal convectio

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040211526
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	08/08/2000
Series:	The Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Peter A. Fox , Robert M. Kerr

Table of Contents

Atmospheric Convection with Analogies in Astrophysics and the Laboratory Solar and Stellar Convection: A Perspective for Geophysical Fluid Dynamicists Unsteady Non-Penetrative Thermal Convection from Non-Uniform Surfaces Astrophysical Convection and Dynamos Dynamics of Cumulus Entertainment The 2/7 Law in Turbulent Thermal Convection Organization of Atmospheric Convection Over Tropical Oceans Images of Hard Turbulence Convection in Cloud-Topped Atmospheric Boundary Layers Solar Granulation: A Surface Phenomenon Turbulent Convection: What Has Rotation Taught Us? Helical Buoyant Convection Modeling Mantle Convection Turbulent Transport in Rotating Compressible Convection Potential Vorticity, Resonance and Dissipation in Rotating Convective Turbulence Numerical Simulations of Convection in Protosellar Accretion Disks A New Model for Turbulence: Convection, Rotation and 2D Transport Using Transilient Matrices