1961Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and OceanographyOpen access

Thermohaline Convection with Two Stable Regimes of Flow

Henry Stommel

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Free convection between two interconnected reservoirs, due to density differences maintained by heat and salt transfer to the reservoirs, is shown to occur sometimes in two different stable regimes, and may possibly be analogous to certain features of the oseanic circulation.

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Free convection between two interconnected reservoirs, due to density differences maintained by heat and salt transfer to the reservoirs, is shown to occur sometimes in two different stable regimes, and may possibly be analogous to certain features of the oseanic circulation.

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Free convection between two interconnected reservoirs, due to density differences maintained by heat and salt transfer to the reservoirs, is shown to occur sometimes in two different stable regimes, and may possibly be analogous to certain features of the oseanic circulation.

Key concepts: Convection, Thermohaline circulation, Mechanics, Flow (mathematics), Circulation (fluid dynamics), Convective heat transfer, Geology, Heat transfer

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