Open AccessMeasures of Efficiency of Convection
Author(s) -
Adam S. Jermyn,
Evan H. Anders,
Daniel Lecoanet,
Matteo Cantiello,
Jared A. Goldberg
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
research notes of the aas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2515-5172
DOI - 10.3847/2515-5172/ac531e
Subject(s) - convection , advection , simple (philosophy) , diffusion , econometrics , computer science , mechanics , environmental science , meteorology , mathematics , physics , thermodynamics , epistemology , philosophy
Convection is efficient when advection matters much more than thermal diffusion. Despite this conceptually simple definition, there are several different measures of convective efficiency which are not quite equivalent. Here we recall the definitions of these measures and examine how they are related in different limits.