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According to Wikipedia, Nigel Oscar Weiss FRS was an astronomer and mathematician, and leader in the field of astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics. He was Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge.

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Convection in the earth's mantle: towards a numerical simulation (1974) (643)
The expulsion of magnetic flux by eddies (1966) (320)
An Active Sun Throughout the Maunder Minimum (1998) (315)
The relation between stellar rotation rate and activity cycle periods (1984) (233)
On the Interaction between Convection and Magnetic Fields (2003) (222)
Sunspots : theory and observations (1992) (211)
Magnetic activity and variations in solar luminosity (1980) (208)
Two-dimensional Rayleigh-Benard convection (1973) (194)
Convection and magnetic fields in stars (1981) (180)
Convective difference schemes (1966) (161)
Periodic and aperiodic dynamo waves (1984) (154)
Convective instability in a compressible atmosphere. II (1965) (151)
The Growth and Decay of Sunspots (1974) (146)
Nonlinear penetrative convection (1973) (139)
Sunspots and Starspots (2008) (127)
Magnetic fields and non-uniform rotation in stellar radiative zones (1987) (125)
Dissipative heating in convective flows (1975) (124)
The Calibration of Stellar Convection Theories (1976) (121)
Chaotically modulated stellar dynamos (1995) (117)
FINE STRUCTURE IN SUNSPOTS (2004) (113)
Modulation and symmetry changes in stellar dynamos (1998) (111)
Oscillations in double-diffusive convection (1981) (105)
Convection in an imposed magnetic field. Part 1. The development of nonlinear convection (1981) (102)
Transitions to chaos in two-dimensional double-diffusive convection (1986) (100)
For how long will the current grand maximum of solar activity persist? (2008) (98)
The Solar Tachocline (2007) (98)
Downward pumping of magnetic flux as the cause of filamentary structures in sunspot penumbrae (2002) (94)
Axisymmetric convection in a cylinder (1976) (90)
Solar magnetic fields: the generation of emerging flux (1981) (89)
Oscillatory and steady convection in a magnetic field (1981) (84)
Speculations on the Thermal and Tectonic History of the Earth (2007) (82)
Convection-driven Emergence of Small-Scale Magnetic Fields and their Role in Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration (2008) (79)
The Origin of Penumbral Structure in Sunspots: Downward Pumping of Magnetic Flux (2004) (77)
Period doubling and chaos in partial differential equations for thermosolutal convection (1983) (77)
Symmetry breaking in stellar dynamos (1991) (74)
Magnetic flux ropes and convection (1978) (71)
Formation of intense magnetic fields near the surface of the Sun (1977) (67)
Lectures on Solar and Planetary Dynamos: Solar and Stellar Dynamos (1994) (65)
Photospheric convection in strong magnetic fields (1996) (65)
The breakdown of steady convection (1988) (65)
Nonlinear dynamos: A complex generalization of the Lorenz equations (1985) (64)
Compressible magnetoconvection in three dimensions: planforms and nonlinear behaviour (1995) (64)
Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics (2005) (63)
Convection in an imposed magnetic field. Part 2. The dynamical regime (1981) (61)
Supermodulation of the Sun's magnetic activity: the effects of symmetry changes (2016) (60)
Bifurcations in a model of magnetoconvection (1983) (60)
On the Origin of the Solar Mesogranulation (2001) (56)
Oscillatory convection in sunspot umbrae (1990) (56)
Numerical models of convection in the earth's mantle (1973) (54)
Magnetic buoyancy and the Boussinesq approximation (1982) (54)
Flux Separation in Stellar Magnetoconvection (1998) (54)
Sustaining the Sun’s Magnetic Network with Emerging Bipoles (2001) (53)
The abrupt development of penumbrae in sunspots (1995) (52)
The theory of sunspots (1992) (51)
Kinematic models of supergranular diffusion on the Sun (1995) (50)
On the magnetic field in pores (1970) (49)
Convection in the presence of restraints (1964) (47)
Physical Causes of Solar Activity (2000) (47)
Differential rotation and convection in the Sun (2009) (46)
Difference methods for time-dependent two-dimensional convection (1973) (46)
Magnetic flux tubes and convection in the sun (1964) (45)
Large aspect ratio cells in two-dimensional thermal convection (1980) (45)
Global model of differential rotation in the Sun (2011) (43)
Magnetic flux separation in photospheric convection (2002) (42)
The Solar Dynamo (2009) (40)
Periodicity and aperiodicity in solar magnetic activity (1990) (39)
Unpredictable Sun leaves researchers in the dark (2006) (38)
On the dynamic interaction between magnetic fields and convection (1978) (38)
The Solar Tachocline: The solar dynamo and the tachocline (2007) (35)
Differential rotation and magnetic torques in the interior of the Sun (1985) (34)
Compressible magnetoconvection in three dimensions: pattern formation in a strongly stratified layer (2000) (34)
On long-term modulation of the Sun's magnetic cycle (2018) (34)
Pulsating waves in nonlinear magnetoconvection (1993) (33)
Solar and Stellar Dynamos (2010) (32)
The Dynamo Problem (1971) (32)
Convection in sunspots and the origin of umbral dots (1984) (31)
Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic convectons (2002) (31)
Simulation of Large-Scale Flows at the Solar Surface (1989) (31)
Magnetic fields in late-type stars (1981) (29)
Bifurcations in a model of double-diffusive convection (1981) (29)
X-ray observations of sunspot penumbral structure (1992) (29)
Nonlinear compressible magnetoconvection Part 1. Travelling waves and oscillations (1989) (29)
Flux Pumping and Magnetic Fields in the Outer Penumbra of a Sunspot (2008) (29)
Chaotic behaviour in low-order models of planetary and stellar dynamos (2011) (29)
Umbral and penumbral magnetoconvection (2002) (28)
Flux expulsion by inhomogeneous turbulence (1998) (28)
Global Magnetorotational Instability with Inflow. I. Linear Theory and the Role of Boundary Conditions (2004) (28)
Convection and the differential rotation of the Sun (1965) (28)
Dynamos in planets, stars and galaxies (2002) (27)
Modelling photospheric magnetoconvection (1998) (26)
The three-dimensional development of the shearing instability of convection (1996) (26)
Convection in the presence of magnetic fields. (1972) (25)
Solar Activity in the Past and the Chaotic Behaviour of the Dynamo (2014) (25)
Modeling mesogranules and exploders on the solar surface (1991) (24)
The reliability of numerical experiments: transitions to chaos in thermosolutal convection (1990) (24)
Kinematic Modeling of Vortices in the Solar Photosphere (1997) (24)
Heteroclinic bifurcations in a simple model of double-diffusive convection (1992) (24)
Convective intensification of magnetic fields in the quiet Sun (2008) (23)
Normal forms and chaos in thermosolutal convection (1990) (23)
On the origin of filamentary structure in sunspot penumbrae: non-linear results (2004) (22)
Buoyant magnetic flux tubes. II: Three-dimensional behaviour in granules and supergranules (1985) (22)
Supergranules and the Hydrogen Convection Zone (1968) (21)
Resonant Interactions between Solar Activity and Climate (2000) (19)
Dynamics of double convection (1990) (19)
Convective structures in the Sun (1991) (19)
Dynamics of convection (1987) (18)
Nonlinear compressible magnetoconvection Part 2. Streaming instabilities in two dimensions (1994) (18)
Oscillations and secondary bifurcations in nonlinear magnetoconvection (1993) (17)
The Solar Tachocline: Preface (2007) (16)
Double-diffusive convection with two stabilizing gradients: strange consequences of magnetic buoyancy (1995) (16)
Asymmetric oscillations in thermosolutal convection (1991) (16)
Symmetries of time-dependent magnetoconvection (1993) (15)
Magnetic Fields and Convection (1977) (15)
Modulation of the sunspot cycle (2010) (15)
Is the solar cycle an example of deterministic chaos (1988) (14)
Energy transport in sunspot penumbrae (1986) (14)
What is a stellar dynamo (1991) (14)
The puzzling structure of a sunspot (2004) (13)
Magnetic buoyancy instabilities in the presence of magnetic flux pumping at the base of the solar convection zone (2012) (13)
Nonequilibrium phenomena in plasmas (2005) (13)
Sunspot Structure and Dynamics (2007) (13)
State of the Union – 2002 (2002) (13)
Transitions to asymmetry in magnetoconvection (1990) (12)
Chaotic behavior in stellar dynamos (1985) (12)
The interplay between magnetic fields and convection (1981) (11)
Dynamo Processes in Stars (1989) (11)
Convectively driven dynamo action in the quiet Sun (2012) (11)
On the fine structure of magnetic fields in sunspot penumbrae (2006) (10)
Linear and nonlinear dynamos (2005) (9)
Solar seismology (1976) (8)
Simple models for magnetic flux tubes (1983) (8)
The Origin of the Solar Cycle (1992) (8)
Turbulent magnetic fields in the Sun (2001) (8)
Solar and Stellar Granulation. Edited by R. J. RUTTEN and G. SEVERINO. Kluwer, 1989. 661 pp. $173 or £97. (1991) (7)
Nonlinear compressible magnetoconvection. Part 3. Travelling waves in a horizontal field (1995) (7)
Magnetic flux pumping and the structure of a sunspot penumbra (2002) (7)
Resonant interactions in thermosolutal convection (2000) (7)
Finite-Dimensional Description of Doubly Diffusive Convection (1993) (7)
Symmetry-breaking in thermosolutal convection (1990) (6)
Differential rotation in fully convective stars (2010) (6)
Periodic and aperiodic behaviour in stellar dynamos (1983) (6)
Andrew Marvell and the Maunder Minimum (1979) (6)
Chaotic modulation of the solar cycle (1994) (6)
Theories of Large Scale Fields and the Magnetic Activity Cycle (1971) (5)
The Sun, An Introduction, by M. Stix, Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Barcelona, Hong Kong, London, Milan, Paris, Tokyo, 2nd ed. 2002, XVI+490 pp., EUR 79,95, hardback (ISBN: 3-540-42886-0) (2003) (5)
Small-scale magnetic fields and convection in the solar photosphere (1978) (5)
Magnetohydrodynamics of Sunspots (1990) (5)
Modulation of solar and stellar activity cycles (1997) (5)
Small Scale Solar Magnetic Fields: Theory (1977) (5)
Symmetry Breaking in the Solar Dynamo: Nonlinear Solutions (1990) (5)
Comment on ‘‘Bifurcations from periodic solution in a simplified model of two‐dimensional magnetoconvection,’’ by N. Bekki and T. Karakisawa [Phys. Plasmas 2, 2945 (1995)] (1996) (5)
Bifurcations and Symmetry-Breaking in Simple Models of Nonlinear Dynamos (1993) (4)
Reflections on magnetoconvection (2012) (4)
Concentration of Magnetic Fields in the Deep Convection Zone (1968) (4)
Symmetry Breaking in Nonlinear Convection (1990) (4)
Interaction between Magnetic Fields and Convection (1987) (3)
Solar and stellar convection zones (1990) (3)
Long-term prediction of solar activity - a discussion… (2004) (3)
Time Dependent Compressible Magnetoconvection (1989) (3)
Turbulence in the tachocline (2007) (3)
Convective motion on the Sun (1992) (3)
Stellar Magnetic Structure and Activity (Theory) (1981) (3)
Resonance in a coupled solar-climate model (2000) (3)
Small-scale dynamo action in compressible convection (2010) (3)
Rotation and Magnetic Fields in the Sun (1987) (2)
Simulating exploding granules and mesogranular flows (1991) (2)
The influence of stratification upon small-scale convectively-driven dynamos (2010) (2)
Effects of boundary conditions on the onset of convection with tilted magnetic field and rotation vectors (2011) (2)
The relation between convection flows and magnetic structure at the solar surface (1988) (2)
Modelling Stellar Magnetoconvection (2003) (2)
Solar and stellar magnetic fields (1983) (2)
MARVELL'S SPOTFED SUN (1980) (2)
Physics of the solar dynamo (1997) (2)
Magnetic torques and differential rotation (1986) (2)
Physics of Geomagnetic Phenomena Edited by S. Matsushita and W. H. Campbell (International Geophysics Series, Academic Press, New York and London, 1967, U.S. $56.00) (1969) (1)
The Pattern of Convection in the Sun (1976) (1)
Generation of Coronal Currents by the Solar Convection Zone (2001) (1)
Modulation and Symmetry-Breaking in Low-Order Models of the Solar Dynamo (2001) (1)
Optical and Magnetic Measurements of the Photosphere and Low Chromosphere [and Discussion] (1976) (1)
Dynamos in Different Types of Stars (1996) (1)
What drives the solar cycle? (1975) (1)
The Influence of Internal Heating on Nonlinear Compressible Convection (2000) (1)
The nature of solar behavior (1979) (1)
Magnetic geometry of sunspots (1993) (1)
Magnetohydrodynamics of stellar interiors (2005) (1)
Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics: Modelling solar and stellar magnetoconvection (2003) (1)
Future Research Directions: Theoretical Approach and Perspective (1983) (1)
Oscillatory convection in flux tubes, pores and sunspots. (1985) (1)
Flux Separation in Photospheric Magnetoconvection (2001) (1)
Sunspots and photospheric convection (1969) (1)
Numerical methods in convection theory (1977) (1)
Solar Magnetohydrodynamics. By E. R. PRIEST. Reidel, 1982. 469 pp. £59.75 hbk, £22.95 pbk. (1985) (0)
Kinematic Modeling of Active Region Decay (1992) (0)
Solar and stellar physics - II (2004) (0)
Convection and magnetic fields in late-type stars. (1981) (0)
Sunspots and Starspots: Essentials of magnetohydrodynamic theory (2008) (0)
Fine structure of the penumbra (2008) (0)
The development of a shock from standing waves of finite amplitude in an isentropic fluid (1964) (0)
Sunspots and Starspots: Oscillations in sunspots (2008) (0)
How the Sun Maintains its Magnetic Network (2001) (0)
Magnetoconvection: The nonlinear regime (2014) (0)
Raymond Hide 1929–2016 (2017) (0)
Magnetohydrodynamics. Swiss Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Fourth Advanced Course, Saas Fee, 1974. (1974) (0)
Linearized Boussinesq magnetoconvection (2014) (0)
Numerical Studies of Pattern Formation in Three-Dimensional Magnetoconvection (2000) (0)
Reports on Astronomy 1996 from IAU Commissions 10, 12 and 49 (1997) (0)
The Solar Magnetic Field - Observation and Theory (1976) (0)
Simulating plumes and sinks observed at the solar surface (1988) (0)
Book review of The magnetic universe, geophysical and astrophysical dynamo theory, by G. Rüdiger and R. Hollerbach, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2004, XI+332 pp., £90.00, $161.00, €135.00, hardback (ISBN: 3-527-40409-0). (2005) (0)
A Theoretical Model for the Convection of Magnetic Flux in and Near Sunspots (1974) (0)
Dynamical chaos : proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting held on 4 and 5 February 1987 (1987) (0)
3D Boussinesq magnetoconvection (2014) (0)
Sunspots - Theory & Observations: NATO Cambridge, 1992 (1992) (0)
Summary and Perspective (2010) (0)
Sunspots and Starspots: Sunspots and active regions (2008) (0)
Magnetic buoyancy and the magneto-Boussinesq approximation (2014) (0)
Diffusion of ``Corks'' Over the Solar Surface (1993) (0)
Stellar dynamo characteristics (1986) (0)
Sunspots and starspots: a historical introduction (2008) (0)
A review of: "Finite-difference techniques for vectorized fluid dynamics calculations" (1983) (0)
Sunspots and Starspots: Solar and stellar dynamos (2008) (0)
Modeling Solar Magnetoconvection (1994) (0)
Modeling the Flow in Solar Vortices (1989) (0)
Oded Regev (2006): Chaos and Complexity in Astrophysics (2008) (0)
Magnetoconvection: Double-diffusive convection (2014) (0)
On studying the rotating solar interior (2007) (0)
Sunspots and Starspots: The Sun among the stars (2008) (0)
Our New President. (2000) (0)
Prof. Jeremy Bloxham: Chapman Medal (2001) (0)
What can the sun tell us about stellar activity (1987) (0)
Fine structure on the Sun (1990) (0)
Problems of interior structure, the solar dynamo and the role of SCADM in providing interior diagnostics (1980) (0)
Theoretical interpretation of small-scale solar features (1985) (0)
Book review (1985) (0)
Magnetohydrodynamics. By A. JEFFREY. Oliver and Boyd, 1966. 252 pp. 13s. 6d. (paperback), 17s. 6d. (hard-cover). (1967) (0)
Prof. J E Baldwin: Jackson Gwilt Medal and Gift (2001) (0)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences: 358 (1767) (2000) (0)
An Introduction to Magneto-Fluid Mechanics . By V. C. A. Ferraro and C. Plumpton. Second edition. Oxford University Press, 1966. 254 pp. 25s. (paper covers), 50s. (hard covers). (1967) (0)
NONLINEAR WAVES IN FLUX TUBES (2015) (0)
Book-Review - Sunspots - Theory and Observations (1993) (0)
A Simple Model of Mesogranular and Supergranular Flows (1989) (0)
Magnetohydrodynamics (Book Review) (1976) (0)
The Structure of Sunspots (1995) (0)
The Boussinesq and anelastic approximations (2014) (0)
Prof. Henry Rishbeth: The RAS Gold Medal 2001 (2002) (0)
Magnetic activity in stars (2008) (0)
Symmetry Considerations in Stellar Dynamos (1999) (0)
Solar Activity in the Past and the Chaotic Behaviour of the Dynamo (2014) (0)
Concentration of magnetic fields by convection in the Sun (1967) (0)
Dynamical chaos. Proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting held in London, UK, 4 - 5 February 1987. (1987) (0)
RAS takes action on Fellows' views (2000) (0)
Magnetoconvection, rotation and the dynamo (2014) (0)
Sunspots and Starspots: Overall structure of a sunspot (2008) (0)
Amplification and maintenance of thin magnetic flux tubes by compressible convection. (1984) (0)
Solar and stellar activity cycles (2008) (0)
Solar activity, space weather and climate change (2008) (0)
Sunspots and Starspots: Fine structure of the umbra (2008) (0)
abrupt of penumbrae in sunspots (2014) (0)
Book-Review - the Solar Granulation (1984) (0)
Turbulent Convection, Rotation, and the Solar Dynamo (2000) (0)
Sunspots and Starspots: Observing techniques for sunspots (2008) (0)
2D Boussinesq magnetoconvection (2014) (0)
Leon Mestel. 5 August 1927 — 15 September 2017 (2021) (0)
Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations. By W. F. ARIES. Nelson, 1969. 291 pp. £3. 5s. Computational Methods in Partial Differential Equations. By A. R. MITCHELL. Wiley, 1969. 255 pp. £4 (cloth) or £2. 5s. (paper). (1970) (0)
A busy year for the RAS (2000) (0)
Prof. Patrick Thaddeus: The 2001 Herschel Medal (2002) (0)

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