Steady zonal flows in spherical shell dynamos

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 542, Issue , 2005, Pages 53-67

  Aubert, Julien ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; SPHERES;

EKMAN NUMBER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPHERICAL SHELL; ZONAL FLOW;

STEADY FLOW;

DYNAMOMETER; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATING FLOW;

EID: 27844583907     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005006129     Document Type: Article

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