Boundary layer instability at the top of the Earth's outer core.

DOI10.1016/j.cam.2003.09.034zbMath1107.86006OpenAlexW1992549394MaRDI QIDQ1428493

Benoît Desjardins, Emmanuel Grenier, Emmanuel Dormy

Publication date: 29 March 2004

Published in: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2003.09.034

zbMATH Keywords

boundary layersmagnetohydrodynamicsfluid dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Geo-electricity and geomagnetism (86A25)

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• The influence of the horizontal component of Earth's angular velocity on the instability of the Ekman layer
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