Scale similarity of MHD turbulence in the Earth's core

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 599-605

  Matsushima, Masaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earth's core; MHD turbulence; Scale similarity; Subgrid scale

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 20544466804     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352520     Document Type: Article

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