Planetary core dynamics and convective heat transfer scalingy

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 101, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 327-345

  Aurnou, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Core dynamics; Heat transfer; Planetary dynamos

Indexed keywords

NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SCALING LAWS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

PLANETARY DYNAMO; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ZONAL FLOW;

HEAT CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SCALING LAWS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

GEODYNAMO; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 37049024101     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920701472568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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