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Thermally-driven linear vortex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

S. Blumsack  and
A. Barcilon
S. Blumsack
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Department of Meteorology and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
A. Barcilon
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Department of Meteorology and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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Abstract

We investigate steady axially symmetric small Rossby number flows in which the driving consists of prescribed axial heat sources. By letting the velocity be proportional to the shear at the bottom surface we study the effects of that boundary condition on the resulting flows.

A multi-boundary-layer structure is found in the core, surrounding the heat sources. That structure depends on the relative magnitudes of the aspect ratio, stratification parameter and Ekman number.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , 27 August 1971 , pp. 801 - 814
Copyright
© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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