On magnetostrophic mean-field solutions of the geodynamo equations

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-110

  Wu, Cheng Chin ^a   Roberts, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha effect; MHD dynamos; Taylor s constraint

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MEAN FIELD THEORY; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VISCOSITY;

ALPHA-EFFECT; FLUID-FLOW; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATION; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MEAN-FIELD SOLUTION; MHD DYNAMO; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; TAYLOR’S CONSTRAINT; VISCOUS FORCES;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

FLUID FLOW; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84918511449     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2014.988711     Document Type: Article

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