When
3:30 p.m., Nov. 18, 2008
Where
Kuiper Space Sciences Building 308
Professor Gary Glatzmaier (University of California, Santa Cruz) is the scheduled speaker.
Abstract:
Observations of the zonal winds and magnetic fields on giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn beg the questions of what flows and fields exist well below their surfaces and how are they maintained. Within the next decade the Juno mission will provide gravity and magnetic measurements of Jupiter that will help to answer these questions. These problems are also being studied via computer simulations, which will provide predictions before Juno arrives at Jupiter. I will describe my models, present some results and discuss the computational challenges. I will also very briefly describe a new project to simulate the tidally driven circulations in the oceans of icy satellites orbiting through the magnetic field of Jupiter or Saturn and the induced magnetic fields resulting from these circulations.
Abstract:
Observations of the zonal winds and magnetic fields on giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn beg the questions of what flows and fields exist well below their surfaces and how are they maintained. Within the next decade the Juno mission will provide gravity and magnetic measurements of Jupiter that will help to answer these questions. These problems are also being studied via computer simulations, which will provide predictions before Juno arrives at Jupiter. I will describe my models, present some results and discuss the computational challenges. I will also very briefly describe a new project to simulate the tidally driven circulations in the oceans of icy satellites orbiting through the magnetic field of Jupiter or Saturn and the induced magnetic fields resulting from these circulations.
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