Principal Investigator:
Stephan Stellmach and Ulrich Hansen
, Institut für Geophysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
HPC Platform used:
JUQUEEN of JSC
Local Project ID:
chms15
Rotating convection is ubiquitous in geophysical systems. In generates the Earth magnetic field, stirs the deep atmospheres of giant planets and possibly also drives their strong surface winds. A thorough understanding of these objects requires comprehensive insight into the physics of turbulent convective flows that are strongly constrained by Coriolis forces. Numerical simulations reveal the full three-dimensional structure of the flow, and can be used to guide theoretical modeling.
