Saturation and time dependence of geodynamo models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 675-681

  Schrinner, M ^a,b   Schmitt, D ^b   Cameron, R ^b   Hoyng, P ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamo: theories and simulations

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STATE; DYNAMO: THEORIES AND SIMULATIONS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; GEODYNAMO MODELS; GEODYNAMO SIMULATIONS; INDUCTION EQUATIONS; LOW ROSSBY NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SATURATED VELOCITY; SATURATION PROCESS; TEST FIELDS; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME STEP; TIME VARIABILITY; TRANSITION PERIOD; VELOCITY FIELD;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); INTERACTIVE DEVICES; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

DC GENERATORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY NUMBER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77955166929     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04650.x     Document Type: Article

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