Turbulent models of ice giant internal dynamics: Dynamos, heat transfer, and zonal flows

Icarus

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-113

  Soderlund, K M ^a   Heimpel, M H ^b   King, E M ^c   Aurnou, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Dynamics; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875890603     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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