Future of geodynamo theory

DOI10.1080/03091928808208876zbMath0665.76131OpenAlexW2016027911MaRDI QIDQ3818048

Paul H. Roberts

Publication date: 1988

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928808208876

zbMATH Keywords

alpha-effectgeodynamo theoryomega-effectmodel-Z dynamostrong-field dynamoweak-field dynamo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-02)

Related Items (10)

Stability and bifurcation of planetary dynamo models ⋮ Asymptotic behaviour of rotating convection-driven dynamos in the plane layer geometry ⋮ Minimal flow perturbations that trigger kinematic dynamo in shear flows ⋮ Dynamo saturation down to vanishing viscosity: strong-field and inertial scaling regimes ⋮ Convection in a rotating magnetic system and Taylor's constraint ⋮ αω-Dynamos and Taylor's constraint ⋮ Energy methods for nonlinear stability in convection problems primarily related to geophysics ⋮ Subcritical convection of liquid metals in a rotating sphere using a quasi-geostrophic model ⋮ αω-Dynamos and Taylor's constraint ⋮ A multiscale dynamo model driven by quasi-geostrophic convection

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