Equatorial magnetic dipole field intensification by convection vortices in a rotating spherical shell

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-274

  Ishihara, Norio ^a   Kida, Shigeo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convection; Equatorial dipole; MHD dynamo; Spherical shell

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TORQUE;

DYNAMO MECHANISM;

VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; ROTATING FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 0036801967     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(02)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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