Definition of the Rayleigh number for geodynamo simulation

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 13-24

  Kono, Masaru ^a   Roberts, Paul H ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouyancy force; Geodynamo simulation; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROTATING FLUID;

EID: 0035682025     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00274-6     Document Type: Article

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