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Horizontal Convection

Date

Authors

Hughes, Graham

Griffiths, Ross

Publisher

Annual Reviews Inc

Abstract

Differential heating along one horizontal boundary of a fluid-filled volume establishes an overturning circulation (horizontal convection) in the volume. The governing dynamics in this type of convection are fundamentally different from those in other more commonly studied forms of convection in which the thermal forcing is applied at more than one level. The study of horizontal convection has been motivated largely by the need to understand the role of surface buoyancy forcing of the global oceans, and with this in mind we review a number of extensions to idealized convective flow in a simple box.

Keywords

Keywords: Boundary layer flow; Buoyancy; Density measurement (specific gravity); Buoyancy forcing; Convective flow; Density gradient; Overturning circulation; Fluid dynamics; Boundary layer flow; Buoyancy; Density measurement (specific gravity); Fluid dynamics; buo Buoyant plume; Differentially heated box; Horizontal density gradient; Meridional overturning circulation; Steady filling box

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/24422

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1146/annurev.fluid.40.111406.102148

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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