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Coherent structures in granulation convection and their importance for higher order closure models
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2006
Abstract
We use numerical simulations of granulation in the Sun and a K dwarf to study the effects of coherent structures on higher order moments. The latter need to be calculated in non-local Reynolds stress models of turbulent convection. Models that explicitly account for the asymmetry between up- and downflows as well as hot and cold drafts provide a substantial improvement over traditional ones, such as the quasi-normal approximation, which is only able to provide order of magnitude estimates for this type of flow.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S239: Convection in Astrophysics , August 2006 , pp. 74 - 76
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- Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007
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