A dynamo model for axisymmetrizing Saturn's magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Stanley, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; AXISYMMETRY; CONDUCTING LAYERS; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; DYNAMO MODELS; EQUATORIAL SYMMETRIES; NUMERICAL DYNAMOS; STRATIFIED LAYERS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL WINDS; ZONAL FLOWS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ROTATION;

INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROTATION; SATURN; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 77949311328     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041752     Document Type: Article

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