Hydromagnetic symmetrical terms for the zonal kinetic energy equation
Abstract
The symmetrical formulation of the mean zonal kinetic energy equation, derived by Starr & Gaut, is extended to include magnetic effects that give rise to additional energy integrals in the balance equations of a hydromagnetic fluid, confined to the polar cap of a rotating spherical shell. The form of these additional magnetic energy integrals is mathematically and physically analogous to the form of the energy integrals that appear in the purely hydrodynamic part of the energy equation. Various aspects of the equation are discussed when magnetic effects are included.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2153-3490.1971.tb00602.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 535 - 539
Published on: Dec 1, 1971
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1971 Hans J. E. Fischer, published by Stockholm University Press
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