Dipole moment scaling for convection-driven planetary dynamos

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 561-571

  Olson, Peter ^a   Christensen, Ulrich R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dipole moment; Dynamo models; Planetary cores; Planetary magnetic fields; Rotating convection

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE MOMENT; DYNAMO MODELS; PLANETARY CORES; PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; ROTATING CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

GEOPHYSICS;

EARTH ROTATION; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 33749447546     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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