Penetrative convection in rotating fluids: A model for the base of stellar convection zones

Abstract

To model penetrative convection at the base of a stellar convection zone we consider two plane parallel, co-rotating Boussinesq layers coupled at their fluid interface. The system is such that the upper layer is unstable to convection while the lower is stable. Following the method of Kondo and Unno (1982, 1983) we calculate critical Rayleigh numbers R_c for a wide class of parameters. Here, R_c is typically much less than in the case of a single layer, although the scaling R_c～T^2/3 as T → ∞ still holds, where T is the usual Taylor number. With parameters relevant to the Sun the helicity profile is discontinuous at the interface, and dominated by a large peak in a thin boundary layer beneath the convecting region. In reality the distribution is continuous, but the sharp transition associated with a rapid decline in the effective viscosity in the overshoot region is approximated by a discontinuity here. This source of helicity and its relation to an alpha effect in a mean-field dynamo is especially relevant since it is a generally held view that the overshoot region is the location of magnetic field generation in the Sun.     

梅雨锋上的三类暴雨

利用常规气象观测资料、区域自动站资料、FY-2C云顶亮温（T_BB）资料及NCEP 1°×1°再分析资料,对2015年6月17-18日发生在黔东南地区的典型梅雨锋西段暴雨进行了诊断分析。结果表明（：1）在500 hPa两槽一脊单阻型梅雨形势下,冷空气沿贝加尔湖阻塞高压东侧南下与来自南海、孟加拉湾的暖湿气流在黔东南交汇,500 hPa短波槽东移促使低空切变线东移南压和地面梅雨锋发展,配合200 hPa南亚高压东部脊附近的\