Nonlinear Planetary Dynamos In A Rotating Spherical Shell. Iii. α2Ω Models And The Geodynamo

Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 71, Issue 1-4, 1993, Pages 163-185

  Barenghi, Carlo F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geodynamo; geomagnetic reversals; Taylor's constraint; dynamo models

Indexed keywords

DYNAMO MODELS; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSALS; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; OSCILLATORY SOLUTIONS; PLANETARY DYNAMOS; TAYLOR'S CONSTRAINT;

DC GENERATORS; GEOMAGNETISM; INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0004728426     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929308203601     Document Type: Article

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