The solar dynamo: The role of penetration, rotation and shear on convective dynamos

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 77-86

  Tobias, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic activity; Magnetic fields; Solar dynamo; Sun

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ACTIVITY; SOLAR DYNAMO; SOLAR MAGNETIC ACTIVITIES;

INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; ROTATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; TURBULENCE;

DC GENERATORS;

EID: 63949086343     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9442-0     Document Type: Article

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