Tests of core flow imaging methods with numerical dynamos

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-39

  Amit, Hagay ^a,c   Olson, Peter ^a   Christensen, Ulrich ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c IPGP   (France)

Author keywords

Core flow; Dynamo theory; Geomagnetic secular variation; Magnetic diffusion

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; FLOW MODELING; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETISM; IMAGING METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33846002772     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03175.x     Document Type: Article

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