Anelastic convection-driven dynamo benchmarks

Icarus

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-135

  Jones, C A ^a   Boronski, P ^a   Brun, A S ^b   Glatzmaier, G A ^c   Gastine, T ^d   Miesch, M S ^e   Wicht, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Interiors; Jovian planets; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052865442     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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