Dynamo action in flows with cat's eyes

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 413-429

  Courvoisier, Alice ^a   Gilbert, Andrew D ^b   Ponty, Yannick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha effect; Cat's eye flow; Dynamo; Induction equation; Magnetic field

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

ALPHA EFFECT; CAT EYE FLOW; INDUCTION EQUATION; KINEMATIC DYNAMOS;

STEADY FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; VELOCITY;

FLOW MODELING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 31144476325     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920500334159     Document Type: Article

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