A detailed analysis of a dynamo mechanism in a rapidly rotating spherical shell

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 701, Issue , 2012, Pages 228-250

  Takahashi, F ^a   Shimizu, H ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

dynamo theory; geodynamo; rotating flows

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; SPHERES;

AZIMUTHAL DIRECTION; DYNAMO THEORIES; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING FLUIDS; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD AMPLIFICATION; ROTATING FLOW; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; THERMAL CONVECTIONS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

CYLINDER; EKMAN LAYER; GEODYNAMO; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROTATING FLOW; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84864247215     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.154     Document Type: Article

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