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Geophysical & Astrophysical Convection
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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
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Table of contents
- Cover
- half Title
- THE FLUID MECHANICS OF ASTROPHYSICS AND GEOPHYSICS
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Atmospheric Convection with Analogies in Astrophysics and the Laboratory Robert M. Kerr
- Chapter 2. Solar and Stellar Convection: A Perspective for Geophysical Fluid Dynamicists Peter A. Gilman
- Chapter 3. Unsteady Non-Penetrative Thermal Convection From Non-Uniform Surfaces Richard D. Keane, Noboyuki Fujisawa and Ronald J. Adrian
- Chapter 4. Astrophysical Convection and Dynamos Axel Brandenburg, Ake Nordlund and Robert F. Stein
- Chapter 5. Dynamics of Cumulus Entrainment Wojciech W. Grabowski
- Chapter 6. The 2/7 Law in Turbulent Thermal Convection Stephane Zaleski
- Chapter 7. Organization of Atmospheric Convection over the Tropical Oceans: The Role of Vertical Shear and Buoyancy Margaret A. LeMone
- Chapter 8. Images of Hard Turbulence: Buoyant Plumes in a Crosswind Andrew Belrrwnte and Albert Libchaber
- Chapter 9. Convection in Cloud-Topped Atmospheric Boundary Layers Christopher S. Bretherton
- Chapter 10. Solar Granulation: A Surface Phenomenon Mark Peter Rast
- Chapter 11. Turbulent Convection: What has Rotation Taught Us? Joseph Weme
- Chapter 12. Helical Buoyant Convection Douglas Lilly
- Chapter 13. Modeling Mantle Convection: A Significant Challenge in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics David A. Yuen, S. Balachandar and U. Hansen
- Chapter 14. Turbulent Transport in Rotating Compressible Convection Nicholas H. Brummell
- Chapter 15. Potential Vorticity, Resonance and Dissipation in Rotating Convective Turbulence Peter Bartello
- Chapter 16. Numerical Simulations of Convection in Protostellar Accretion Disks William Cabot
- Chapter 17. A New Model for Turbulence: Convection Rotation and 2D V.M. Canuto, M.S. Dubovikov, A. Dienstfrey and D.J. Wielaard
- Chapter 18. Transport Using Transilient Matrices Roland B. Stull and Jerzy Bartnicki
- Index