Understanding time-variable gravity due to core dynamical processes with numerical geodynamo modeling

International Association of Geodesy Symposia

Volumn 130, Issue , 2007, Pages 473-479

  Jiang, W ^a   Kuang, W ^b   Chao, B ^b   Fang, M ^c   Cox, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core convection; Gravity anomalies; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

CORE CONVECTION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; MANTLE DEFORMATION; MASS REDISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY;

GEODESY; GRAVITATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; TOOLS;

LOADING;

EID: 84884385538     PISSN: 09399585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49350-1_69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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