Hydromagnetic dynamos in rotating spherical fluid shells in dependence on the Prandtl number and stratification

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 637-646

  Šimkanin, Ján ^a   Hejda, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Composition of the core; Dynamo: theories and simulations; Planetary interiors

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION OF THE CORE; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DYNAMO ACTION; DYNAMO: THEORIES AND SIMULATIONS; EKMAN NUMBERS; LOW PRANDTL NUMBER; MAGNETIC PRANDTL NUMBERS; NONUNIFORM; PLANETARY INTERIORS; SPHERICAL SHELL; VISCOUS DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PRANDTL NUMBER; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THERMAL DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

DC GENERATORS;

EKMAN PUMPING; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC METHOD; MODELING; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 79954581512     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04980.x     Document Type: Article

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