Radial vorticity constraint in core flow modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Asari, S ^a   Lesur, V ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORRELATION; FLOW MODELING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SECULAR VARIATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; VORTICITY;

EID: 81255191971     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008267     Document Type: Article

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