The effects of rotation rate on deep convection in giant planets with small solid cores

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-412

  Evonuk, Martha ^a   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal convection; Jupiter; Planets; Rotation; Stellar interiors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLANETS; ROTATION;

DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; INTERNAL CONVECTION; PLANETARY ROTATION; ROTATION RATE; STELLAR INTERIORS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33846931319     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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