Tidal instability in a rotating and differentially heated ellipsoidal shell

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1311-1318

  Cebron D ^a   Maubert, P ^a   Le Bars, M ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Core, outer core and inner core; Heat flow; Tides and planetary waves

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER;

ASTROPHYSICAL FLOWS; CONVECTIVE FLOW; CORE , OUTER CORE AND INNER CORES; ELLIPSOIDAL SHELLS; ROTATING FLOW; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TIDES AND PLANETARY WAVES;

STABILITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; INNER CORE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OUTER CORE; PLANETARY WAVE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONVECTION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77955729380     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04712.x     Document Type: Article

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