Inertial waves driven by differential rotation in a planetary geometry

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 101, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 469-487

  Kelley, Douglas ^a   Triana, Santiago Andrés ^a   Zimmerman, Daniel ^a   Tilgner, Andreas ^b   Lathrop, Daniel ^c  

^a The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Inertial modes; Inertial waves; Over rotation; Spherical Couette flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENT FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; INERTIAL WAVES; ZONAL FLOW;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMAGNETISM; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENT FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; EARTH ROTATION; GEODYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOMETRY; NONLINEARITY; OUTER CORE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 37049011199     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920701561907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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