Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Order and Disorder Planetary Dynamos
Abstract
This volume contains the lectures of Stephen Childress on the kinematic properties of the 'fast' dynamo, one whose growth rate is insensitive to electrical conductivity. These novel studies and the extended seminar abstracts by Andrew Soward and others that follow offer assurance of more mechanistic understanding of evolving magnetic fields in stars and planets. The timely juxtaposition of Childress' lectures on kinematic fast dynamos and the seminars by Bruce Bayly on inertial three-dimensional instabilities of shear flow, may lead soon to a dynamic fast-fast dynamo. The final section contains the fellows' reports, which were more confined to the summer topic than is usual. Several of the Fellows reported on exciting discoveries of the season, several reported on sound extensions of work discussed in the principal lectures, and several struggled with problems which resisted swift resolution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA196554
Entities
People
- Mary E. Berry
- Willem V. Malkus
Organizations
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution