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A discussion of the cell and parcel formulations of the convection problem

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It is shown that there is a close mathematical similarity between the cell and parcel formulations of the convection problem, and analogies are drawn between some of the more significant properties of the solutions in the two cases.

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass, USA

    E. B. Kraus

  2. Division of Meteorological Physics, C.S.I.R.O., Aspendale, Australia

    C. H. B. Priestley

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Kraus, E.B., Priestley, C.H.B. A discussion of the cell and parcel formulations of the convection problem. Geofisica Pura e Applicata 51, 199–204 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01992661

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