| RefNo | EC/1971/12 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIX, 12; A03392 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Hide, Raymond: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Distinguished for his experimental and theoretical investigations into phenomena in rotating fluids with particular reference to applications in planetary physics.
His experiments on thermal convection in a rotating annulus revealed many new phenomena such as jet stream formation and vacillation which stimulated much further work and, more recently, his experiments on Taylor columns have led to a deeper understanding of their properties.
Hide has solved a number of hydrodynamic stability problems of geophysical importance and has contributed to many aspects of geomagnetism. He has suggested the only physically plausible theory of the Red Spot of Jupiter as a Taylor column, illustrating it by some interesting experiments; he has also drawn important conclusions concerning the dynamics of and the generation of the magnetic field within the interior of Jupiter.
Hide's work is characterised by much originality and an understanding of the importance of a correct balance between mathematics, experiment and observational analysis in approaching planetary problems. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4925 | Hide; Raymond (1929 - 2016) | 1929 - 2016 |