A feedback dynamo generating Mercury's magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Glassmeier, Karl Heinz ^a   Auster, Hans Ulrich ^a   Motschmann, Uwe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FEEDBACK DYNAMO MODEL; GLOBAL MAGNETIC FIELD; HERMEAN DYNAMO; MERCURY'S MAGNETIC FIELD;

PLANETS;

GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (PLANET); MODELING;

EID: 38949154101     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031662     Document Type: Article

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