Anisotropic turbulent thermal diffusion and thermal convection in a rapidly rotating fluid sphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 190-191, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Ivers, D J ^a   Phillips, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Convection; Dynamo; Earth's core; Magnetohydrodynamics; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; DIFFUSIVITIES; DYNAMO; EARTH'S CORE; FROBENIUS NORM; GEODYNAMO; GEODYNAMO MODELS; ISOTROPIC DIFFUSIVITY; MAGNETIC DIFFUSIVITY; MEAN MAGNETIC FIELD; MODIFIED RAYLEIGH; ROTATING FLUIDS; ROTATION AXIS; SUBGRID SCALE; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; ZERO MEAN FLOW;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; ROTATION; SPHERES; TENSORS; TURBULENCE;

THERMAL DIFFUSION;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTION; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 81255123274     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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