Williams, G. P., 1970: Axisymmetric annulus convection at unit Prandtl number. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 1, 357-369.
Abstract: We examine the role played in annulus flows by mechanisms dependent upon
the Prandtl number, sigma. Solutions are obtained at sigma = 1 for both
the real annulus system and for the hypothetical "free annulus" system (free
slip lateral boundaries). These solutions are compared with previously obtained
solutions at sigma = 7.7.
In the free annulus, the solution at sigma = 1
differs radically from that at sigma = 7. The sigma = 1 solution appears
to be essentially a finite amplitude mode due to Solberg instability whereas
the solution at sigma = 7 manifests a flow caused by the diffusive overturning
mechanism.
The variation with sigma of the real annulus flow is not so fundamental
but some differences in the dynamical structures are noted.