The construction of exact Taylor states. I: The full sphere

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 923-928

  Livermore, P W ^a   Ierley, G ^a   Jackson, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamo: theories and simulations; Electromagnetic theory; Numerical solutions; Planetary interiors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORIOLIS FORCE; EARTH STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPHERE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70350366238     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04340.x     Document Type: Article

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