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Some Atmospheric Thermal Convection Problems

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The thermal convection problems considered in this chapter are very different from the scales in time and space of the phenomena studied in the preceding chapters. As this is well and pertinently discussed in the paper by Velarde and Normand [1], published in July 1980 in Scientific American: In the Earth's atmosphere convection is observed at several scales of length. The temperature gradient between the Tropics and the poles drives a global circulation, which can be decomposed into at least three large convective cells in each hemisphere. Distortions of these patterns caused by the rotation of the Earth give rise to the trade winds of the Tropics and the prevailing westerlies of the temperate zones.

Local heating of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface gives rise to smaller-scale convective flows, including those of most storms. Cumulus clouds, which form when warm air rises and cools and thereby becomes supersaturated with moisture, often mark the convective overturning of the atmosphere.

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(2009). Some Atmospheric Thermal Convection Problems. In: Convection in Fluids. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2433-6_9

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