Effect of a uniform magnetic field on nonlinear magnetoconvection in a rotating fluid spherical shell

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 255-287

  Sakuraba, A ^a   Kono, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetoconvection; Planetary dynamo; Rotating fluid

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; ROTATING FLOW;

GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; ROTATING FLUID;

MAGNETOCONVECTIONS; PLANETARY DYNAMOS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0034351204     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920008203718     Document Type: Article

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