Rotating spherical gap convection in the GeoFlow International Space Station (ISS) experiment
Florian Zaussinger, Peter Haun, Peter S. B. Szabo, V. V. Travnikov, Mustafa Al Kawwas, Christoph Egbers
Abstract
The GeoFlow experiment on the International Space Station was the first experiment to investigate rotating convection in a radial gravitylike force field. This led to the first observation of the existence of global columnar cells in a microgravity environment. The flow structures are identified by a machine learning algorithm and complemented by numerical simulations.
Topics & Concepts
International Space StationConvectionSpace (punctuation)Flow (mathematics)Aerospace engineeringMechanicsPhysicsMeteorologyComputer scienceEngineeringOperating systemGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsGeophysics and Gravity Measurements