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Original Articles

Horizontal convection in water heated by infrared radiation and cooled by evaporation: scaling analysis and experimental results

A. K. WÅhlinDepartment of Earth Sciences,, University of Gothenburg; PB 460; 405 30 Gothenburg, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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A.M. JohanssonDepartment of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Sweden
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E. AasDepartment of Geosciences, Oslo University, Norway;
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G. BroströmNorwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway;
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J.E.H. WeberDepartment of Geosciences, Oslo University, Norway;
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J. GrueDepartment of Mathematics, Oslo University, Norway;
Pages 154-169 | Received 20 Aug 2009, Accepted 26 Nov 2009, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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