Laboratory experiments on rain-driven convection: Implications for planetary dynamos
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- 作者：Peter Olson ; olson@jhu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Maylis Landeau ; Benjamin H. Hirsh
- 关键词：rain-driven convection ; planetary dynamos ; iron snow ; magnesium precipitation ; convection experiments ; scaling laws
- 刊名：Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：1 January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：457
- 期：Complete
- 页码：403-411
- 全文大小：1966 K
文摘
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We present experiments on convection driven by rainfall.
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Turbulent rain-driven convection exhibits inertial scaling.
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Intense precipitation can be an effective dynamo mechanism.