Parameter dependences of convection-driven dynamos in rotating spherical fluid shells

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 100, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 341-361

  Busse, Friedrich H ^a   Simitev, Radostin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection driven dynamos; Dynamo oscillations; Prandtl number; Spherical fluid shells

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; OSCILLATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SPHERES;

CONVECTION-DRIVEN DYNAMOS; DYNAMO OSCILLATIONS; SPHERICAL FLUID SHELLS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OSCILLATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SPHERES;

CONVECTION; GEODYNAMO; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELD; ROTATING FLUID; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

EID: 33845540900     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920600784873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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