Steady and fluctuating inner core rotation in numerical geodynamo models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-170

  Aubert, Julien ^a   Dumberry, Mathieu ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamo: theories and simulations; Earth rotation variations

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; DYNAMO: THEORIES AND SIMULATIONS; EARTH ROTATION VARIATIONS; EARTH'S CORE; EKMAN NUMBERS; GEODYNAMO MODELS; GEODYNAMO SIMULATIONS; INNER CORE; INNER-CORE ROTATION; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MAGNETIC TORQUES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SPHERICAL SURFACE; SQUARE ROOTS; SUPER ROTATION; TIME VARYING SIGNAL; TIME-SCALES; TORQUE BALANCE;

ANGULAR VELOCITY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FLUIDS; GRAVITATION; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ROTATING MACHINERY; TORQUE;

ROTATION;

EARTH ROTATION; GEODYNAMO; INNER CORE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 78650103638     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04842.x     Document Type: Article

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