Analysis of the variability of the axial dipole moment of a numerical geodynamo model

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 228-232

  Kuipers, J ^a   Hoyng, P ^b   Wicht, J ^c   Barkema, G T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodynamo; Hydromagnetic dynamos; Reversals; Secular variation; Stochastic processes; Turbulent convection

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT CONVECTION; QUENCHING; RADIOMETERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TURBULENCE;

GEODYNAMO; HYDROMAGNETIC DYNAMOS; REVERSALS; SECULAR VARIATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SECULAR VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 62749093657     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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