Convection in rotating spherical fluid shells with inhomogeneous heat flux at the outer boundary

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 101, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 347-370

  Gibbons, S J ^a   Gubbins, D ^b   Zhang, K ^c  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core mantle interaction; Earth's core; Inhomogeneous heat flux; Rotating convection

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COOLING; GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT FLUX; PRANDTL NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AZIMUTHAL WAVENUMBER; CORE-MANTLE INTERACTION; EKMAN NUMBER; PERIODIC FLOW;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COOLING; GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; PRANDTL NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLUX; ROTATING FLOW; STEADY FLOW; THERMAL CONVECTION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 37049004532     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920701472550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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