Anisotropic evolution of small isolated vortices within the core of the Earth

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1242-1254

  Siso Nadal, F ^a   Davidson, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DAMPING; EARTH (PLANET); KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CORIOLIS FORCES; JOULE DISSIPATION; VISCOUS FORCES;

VORTEX FLOW;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; CONDUCTION; MAGNETISM; PHYSICS; VORTEX;

EID: 2442682725     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1648640     Document Type: Article

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