2D studies of various approximations used for modeling convection in giant planets

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-255

  Evonuk, Martha ^a   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant plants; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

FLOW STRUCTURES; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; SPATIAL STRUCTURES; THERMAL CONVECTION;

PLANETS;

CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY PHENOMENA;

EID: 5044234933     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920410001696126     Document Type: Article

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