Azimuthal winds, convection and dynamo action in the polar regions of planetary cores

DOI10.1080/03091920600807864zbMath1206.86028OpenAlexW2072292670MaRDI QIDQ3081221

Chris A. Jones, Binod Sreenivasan

Publication date: 5 March 2011

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091920600807864

zbMATH Keywords

convectionEarth's coremagnetic modepolar vortextangent cylinder

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10)

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Cites Work

• Magnetoconvection in a rapidly rotating sphere: the weak–field case
• Convection–driven geodynamo models
• Thermal instabilities in rapidly rotating systems
• Steady zonal flows in spherical shell dynamos

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