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BENARD CONVECTION CELL [1 record]

Record 1 1995-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Meteorology
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

A regular array of hexagonal cells which sometimes appear in convection in a layer of liquid heated from below.

OBS

... this effect is sometimes observed in cloud patterns with the occurrence of weak convection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Météorologie
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Cellule délimitée dans une couche de fluide, par les phénomènes de convection.

OBS

[...] cet effet est parfois observé, en présence de faible convection, dans certaines configurations nuageuses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física
  • Meteorología
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Tipo de célula convectiva, habitualmente hexagonal, observada en el laboratorio en una capa fina de fluido calentado lentamente por debajo; este efecto se observa a veces, en presencia de una convección débil, en ciertas configuraciones nubosas.

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