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Temperature field in the equatorial plane of the Earth's core from a high resolution numerical simulation

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posted on 2016-07-26, 22:38 authored by Nathanael SchaefferNathanael Schaeffer
Movie of temperature field in the equatorial plane of the Earth's core, from a high resolution simulation employing spherical harmonics up to degree 893 and 1024 radial levels.
The Ekman number is E=nu/(D^2.Omega) = 10^(-7) and the magnetic Prandtl number is Pm=nu/eta=0.1

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ANR AVSGeomag, ANR TuDy, ANR MagLune

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