The influence of magnetic fields in planetary dynamo models

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 333-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-20

  Soderlund, Krista M ^a   King, Eric M ^b   Aurnou, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core convection; Dynamo models; Geodynamo; Planetary dynamos; Rotating convection models

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE FLOW; CORE CONVECTION; DIPOLAR FIELDS; DYNAMO ACTION; DYNAMO MODELS; DYNAMO SIMULATION; EKMAN NUMBERS; ELSASSER NUMBERS; FLUID MOTIONS; FORCE CALCULATION; GEODYNAMO; HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; HELICITIES; INFLUENCE OF MAGNETIC FIELD; LORENTZ; MAGNETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC FIELD GROWTH; MAGNETIC PRANDTL NUMBERS; MULTIPOLAR MAGNETIC FIELD; NONMAGNETICS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PLANETARY INTERIORS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROTATING CONVECTION; VISCOUS EFFECT; VISCOUS FORCES; ZONAL FLOWS;

CORIOLIS FORCE; DC GENERATORS; DEGRADATION; DYNAMICS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; LORENTZ FORCE; PRANDTL NUMBER;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORIOLIS FORCE; GEODYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY SURFACE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 84861109344     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.038     Document Type: Article

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