Commutation error correction for large eddy simulations of convection driven dynamos

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 101, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 429-449

  Matsui, Hiroaki ^a   Buffett, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Filtering operation; Numerical dynamo; Spatial differentiation; Sub grid scale model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT CONVECTION;

COMMUTATION ERROR; NUMERICAL DYNAMO; SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION; SUB-GRID SCALE;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

CONVECTION; ERROR CORRECTION; GEODYNAMO; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37049039065     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920701562129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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