A jet-like structure revealed by a numerical simulation of rotating spherical-shell magnetoconvection

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 573, Issue , 2007, Pages 89-104

  Sakuraba, Ataru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ESTIMATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SPHERES; VORTEX FLOW;

EKMAN NUMBER; MAGNETOCONVECTION; ZONAL FLOW;

JETS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ESTIMATION; JETS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SPHERES; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; JET FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; ROTATING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 33847301905     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003880     Document Type: Article

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