Cylindrical anisotropic α2 dynamos

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 101, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 389-404

  Avalos Zuniga R ^a,b   Xu, M ^a   Stefani, F ^a   Gerbeth, G ^a   Plunian, F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamo; Magnetic field orientation; effect

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EARTH (PLANET); FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

AXIAL DIPOLE; COLUMNAR FLOW; EQUATORIAL DIPOLE;

KINEMATICS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EARTH (PLANET); FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 37049029647     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920701561915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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