Quasi-geostrophic kinematic dynamos at low magnetic Prandtl number

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 595-604

  Schaeffer, Nathanael ^a   Cardin, Philippe ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

geodynamo; geostrophy; kinematic dynamos; magnetic fields; quasi geostrophic model; scale separation

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO; GEOSTROPHY; KINEMATIC DYNAMOS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; SCALE SEPARATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

METEOROLOGY;

GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 33646531409     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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