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In this chapter, we analyse in more detail the Lorenz model already discussed in section 5.2 and explore the flows and pattern formations in liquids and gases as they evolve and undergo transformations under the influence of inhomogeneities in the temperature. We then speak of convective flows, thermal convection or simply convection.
Spectacular geophysical examples of such phenomena are the circulation in the atmosphere and the oceans as well as the continental drift, the recordable drifting apart of the continental plates caused by flows in the earth’smantle.Outside our Earth as well - for example in the gaseous atmosphere of Jupiter - we can observe flow patterns which can be explainedwith the mechanism of the convectivemixing ofmass and heat.
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Argyris (Deceased), J., Faust, G., Haase, M., Friedrich (Deceased), R. (2015). Convective Flow:BénardProblem. In: An Exploration of Dynamical Systems and Chaos. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46042-9_7
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