Shear flows and their suppression at large aspect ratio. Two-dimensional simulations of a growing convection zone

no code implementations • 2 Mar 2021 • J. R. Fuentes, A. Cumming

We find that for square domains zonal flows appear when the aspect ratio of the convective layer is smaller than two, and the evolution of the system depends on the Prandtl number.

Fluid Dynamics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Geophysics