Effects of anisotropy in geostrophic turbulence

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 152-160

  Hejda, P ^a   Reshetnyak, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cascade processes; Geostrophic balance; Liquid core; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

BOUSSINESQ MODEL; CASCADE PROCESSES; GEODYNAMO; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; LIQUID CORE; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; THERMAL CONVECTION;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT CONVECTION; LIQUIDS; ROTATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; GEODYNAMO; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; THERMAL CONVECTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 70449526088     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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