The solar dynamo

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1970, 2012, Pages 3049-3069

  Miesch, Mark S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics; Solar dynamo; Sun activity; Sun interior

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

GLOBAL CIRCULATION; MAGNETIC ACTIVITY; ROTATIONAL SHEAR; SOLAR DYNAMO; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 84861945968     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0507     Document Type: Review

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