Dynamics of rotating fluids described by scalar potentials

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 143-151

  Seyed Mahmoud, Behnam ^a   Rochester, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Inertial modes; Rotating fluids; Three potential description

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; DISTILLATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

EARTH CORE; INERTIAL MODES; ROTATING FLUIDS; THREE POTENTIAL DESCRIPTION;

EARTH (PLANET);

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; INNER CORE; ROTATING FLUID;

EID: 33646561857     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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