Computational aspects of geodynamo simulations

被引：4

作者：

Glatzmaier, GA

Clune, T

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Ctr Origin Dynam & Evolut Planets, Dept Earth Sci, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

[2] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, SGI, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

来源：

COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | 2000年 / 2卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;

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D O I：

10.1109/5992.841797

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

For almost 50 years, researchers have attempted to understand the geodynamo, a mechanism that maintains the Earth's geomagnetic field. Here, the authors discuss their results using the Glatzmaier-Roberts model to create numerical simulations of the geodynamo.

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页码：61 / 67

页数：7

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