Kinematic dynamos driven by thermal-wind flows

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 459, Issue 2033, 2003, Pages 1241-1259

  Sarson, Graeme R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism; Kinematic dynamos; Thermal wind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 1542722124     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2002.1073     Document Type: Article

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