Abstract: The stability of a thin fluid layer between two rotating plates which are subjected to a horizontal temperature gradient is studied. First, the solution for the stationary basic state is obtained in a closed form. This ...

Abstract: The radial distribution of the azimuthally averaged temperature at one depth in a rotating, differentially heated annulus of fluid undergoing ?amplitude vacillation? is measured with an array of 48 thermocouples suspended ...

Abstract: A Stability analysis of a thin horizontal rotating fluid layer which is subjected to arbitrary horizontal and vertical temperature gradients is presented. The basic state is a nonlinear Hadley cell which contains both Ekman ...