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Contours of temperature perturbation (+/- 0.15)
with the positive (negative) contour orange (blue),
for a bulk mode in rotating Rayleigh Bénard
convection computed at the following parameters:

Ra = 30,000,000
Re = 1198 (Coriolis no. = 4800, Ta = 9.25e7)
H/R = 2
Pr = 5.81
Fr = 0


Contours of temperature perturbation (+/- 0.15)
with the positive (negative) contour orange (blue),
for a bulk mode in rotating Rayleigh Bénard
convection computed at the following parameters:

Ra = 12,000,000
Re = 1198 (Coriolis no. = 4800, Ta = 9.25e7)
H/R = 2
Pr = 5.81
Fr = 0


Contours of temperature perturbation (+/- 0.05 translucent) and
axial vorticity (+/- 10 solid) with positive contours white, negative
black for a wall mode in rotating Rayleigh Bénard
convection computed at the following parameters:

Ra = 50,000
Re = 10,000 (Coriolis no. = 625, Ta = 1.5625e6)
H/R = 0.25
Pr = 7 (roughly the same as water)
Fr = 0

Contours of temperature perturbation (+/- 0.05 translucent) and
axial vorticity (+/- 10 solid) with positive contours white, negative
black for a Küppers-Lortz bulk mode in rotating Rayleigh Bénard
convection computed at the following parameters:

Ra = 100,000
Re = 10,000 (Coriolis no. = 625, Ta = 1.5625e6)
H/R = 0.25
Pr = 7 (roughly the same as water)
Fr = 0