Scale variability in convection-driven MHD dynamos at low Ekman number

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 168-178

  Takahashi, Futoshi ^a   Matsushima, Masaki ^a   Honkura, Yoshimori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core; Dynamo; Ekman number; Scale separation

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

CONVECTION VORTICES; EKMAN NUMBERS; SCALE SEPARATION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

CONVECTION; CORE (PLANETARY); EKMAN LAYER; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATING FLOW;

EID: 44349192595     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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