Planetary magnetic fields and fluid dynamos

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2011, Pages 583-614

  Jones, Chris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dynamo simulations; dynamo theory; geomagnetism; planetary cores

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; CONVECTION MODEL; DIFFUSIVITIES; DYNAMO ACTION; DYNAMO SIMULATION; DYNAMO THEORY; EFFECTS OF ROTATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC DATA; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; NEW RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETER VALUES; PLANETARY CORES; PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACE MISSIONS; SPHERICAL SHELL; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ASTROPHYSICS; DC GENERATORS; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLANETS; ROTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79951989261     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-122109-160727     Document Type: Article

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