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The problem of stationary convective flows over a nonuniformly heated wavy surface is studied in the context of a simplified analytical model. It is shown that the horizontally periodic heating of such a surface can lead to a “thermal wind” effect, i.e., the generation of a uniform horizontal flow far from the surface.
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Original Russian Text © O.G. Chkhetiani, M.V. Kalashnik, L.Kh. Ingel’, 2013, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 137–143.
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Chkhetiani, O.G., Kalashnik, M.V. & Ingel’, L.K. Generation of thermal wind over a nonuniformly heated wavy surface. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 49, 121–127 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433813020059
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