Sustaining Earth's magnetic dynamo

M Landeau, A Fournier, HC Nataf, D Cébron… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Earth's magnetic field is generated by fluid motions in the outer core. This geodynamo has
operated for over 3.4 billion years. However, the mechanism that has sustained the …

Planetary magnetic fields and fluid dynamos

CA Jones - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The magnetic fields of the planets, including the Earth, are generated by dynamo action in
their fluid cores. Numerical models of this process have been developed that solve the …

Longitudinal structure of Earth's magnetic field controlled by lower mantle heat flow

JE Mound, CJ Davies - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Thermal interactions between Earth's core and mantle provide the power that maintains the
geomagnetic field. However, the effect of these interactions and, in particular, the …

Gyres, jets and waves in the Earth's core

CC Finlay, N Gillet, J Aubert, PW Livermore… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Turbulent motions of liquid metal in Earth's outer core generate the geomagnetic field.
Magnetic field observations from low-Earth-orbit satellites, together with advanced numerical …

Geomagnetic jerks: rapid core field variations and core dynamics

M Mandea, R Holme, A Pais, K Pinheiro… - Space science …, 2010 - Springer
The secular variation of the core field is generally characterized by smooth variations,
sometimes interrupted by abrupt changes, named geomagnetic jerks. The origin of these …

Stochastic modeling of the Earth's magnetic field: Inversion for covariances over the observatory era

N Gillet, D Jault, CC Finlay… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Inferring the core dynamics responsible for the observed geomagnetic secular variation
requires knowledge of the magnetic field at the core‐mantle boundary together with its …

[HTML][HTML] A dynamo model of Jupiter's magnetic field

CA Jones - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Jupiter's dynamo is modelled using the anelastic convection-driven dynamo equations. The
reference state model is taken from French et al.[2012]. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 202, 5,(11pp) …

Quasi-geostrophic flows responsible for the secular variation of the Earth's magnetic field

MA Pais, D Jault - Geophysical Journal International, 2008 - academic.oup.com
We present core flows constructed from high resolution secular variation (SV) models for the
epochs 2001, 2002.5 and 2004, assuming that these flows are quasi-geostrophic in the core …

A reduced stochastic model of core surface dynamics based on geodynamo simulations

N Gillet, L Huder, J Aubert - Geophysical Journal International, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We make use of recent geodynamo simulations to propose a reduced stochastic model of
the dynamics at the surface of Earth's core. On decadal and longer periods, this model …

An introduction to data assimilation and predictability in geomagnetism

A Fournier, G Hulot, D Jault, W Kuang, A Tangborn… - Space science …, 2010 - Springer
Data assimilation in geomagnetism designates the set of inverse methods for geomagnetic
data analysis which rely on an underlying prognostic numerical model of core dynamics …