Publications

Noir, J., Hemmerlin, F., Wicht, J., Baca, S.M., and Aurnou, J.M., 2009, An experimental and numerical study of librationally driven flow in planetary cores and subsurface oceans, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 173: 141 - 152.

King, E.M., Stellmach, S., Noir, J., Hansen, U., and Aurnou, J.M., 2009, Boundary layer control of rotating convection systems, Nature 457: 301- 304.

Nadiga, B.T., and Aurnou, J.M., 2008, Hands-on: A tabletop demonstration of atmospheric dynamics - Baroclinic Instability, Oceanography, 21: 196 - 201.

Aurnou, J. M., Heimpel, M., Allen, L., King, E., Wicht, J., 2008, Convective heat transfer and the pattern of thermal emission on the gas giants, Geophysical Journal International 173: 793 - 801.

Kabin, K., Heimpel, M.H., Rankin, R., Aurnou, J.M., Gómez-Pérez, N., Paral, J., Gombosi, T.I., Zurbuchenc, T.H., Koehnd, P.L., DeZeeuw, D.L., 2008, Global MHD modeling of Mercury’s magnetosphere with applications to the MESSENGER mission and dynamo theory, Icarus, 195, 1 - 15.

Aubert, J., J. M. Aurnou, J. Wicht, 2008, The magnetic structure of convection-driven numerical dynamos, Geophysical Journal International 172: 945 - 956.

Aurnou, J. M., 2007, Planetary core dynamics and convective heat transfer scaling, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 101, 327-345.

Aurnou, J. M., M. H. Heimpel and, J. Wicht, 2007, The effects of vigorous mixing in a convective model of zonal flow on the Ice Giants, Icarus, 190, 110-126 (doi:10.1016/ j.icarus.2007.02.024).

Zuber, M. T., et al., 2007, The geophysics of Mercury: Current status and anticipated insights from the MESSENGER Mission, Space Science Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-007-9265-4.

Tarter, J., et al., 2007, A re-appraisal of the habitability of planets around M dwarf stars, Astrobiology, 7, 30 - 65.

M. H. Heimpel and J. M. Aurnou, 2007, Turbulent convection in rapidly rotating spherical shells: A model for equatorial and high latitude jets on Jupiter and Saturn, Icarus, 187, 540 – 557.

Hauck, S. A., J. M. Aurnou and, A. J. Dombard, 2006, Sulfur’s impact on core evolution and magnetic field generation on Ganymede, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 111, E09008, doi:10.1029/2005JE002557.

Heimpel, M.H., Aurnou, J.M., Al-Shamali, F.M. and Gomez Perez, N., 2005, A numerical study of dynamo action as a function of spherical shell geometry, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 236, 542-557.

Solomon, S. C., et al., 2005, New Perspectives on Ancient Mars, Science, 307, 1214-1220.

Heimpel, M., Aurnou, J.M., Wicht, J., 2005, Simulation of equatorial and high latitude jets on Jupiter in a deep convection model, Nature, 438, 193-196.

Brito, D., Aurnou, J.M., and Cardin P., 2004, Turbulent viscosity measurements relevant to planetary core-mantle dynamics, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 141, 38.

F.M. Al-Shamali, M.H. Heimpel, and J.M. Aurnou, 2004, Varying The Spherical Shell Geometry In Rotating Thermal Convection, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 98, 153169.

Aurnou, J.M., 2004, Secrets of the deep, Nature, 428, 134-135.

Aurnou, J.M., and M.H. Heimpel, 2004, Zonal jets in rotating convection with mixed mechanical boundary conditions, Icarus, 169, 492-498.

J.M. Aurnou, S. Andreadis, L. Zhu and P.L. Olson, 2003, Experiments on convection in Earth's core tangent cylinder, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 212, 119-134.

Noir, J, et al., 2003, Experimental evidence of non-linear resonance effects between retrograde precession and the tilt-over mode within a spheroid, Geophysical J. Int., 154, 407-416.

P.L. Olson, I. Sumita, J.M. Aurnou, 2002, Diffusive magnetic images of upwelling patterns in the core, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107 (B12), 2348, doi: 10.1029/2001JB000384.

Aurnou, J.M. and P.L. Olson, 2001, Experiments on Rayleigh-Benard convection, magnetoconvection and rotating magnetoconvection in liquid gallium, J. Fluid Mech., 430, 283-307.

Aurnou, J.M. and P.L. Olson, 2001, Strong zonal winds from thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell, Geophys. Res. Letts., 28, 2557-2559.

Noir, J, et al., 2001, Experimental evidence of inertial waves in a precessing spheroidal cavity, Geophys. Res. Letts., 28, 3785-3788.

Noir, J, Jault, D., Cardin, P., 2001, Numerical study of the motions within a slowly precessing sphere at low Ekman number, J. Fluid Mech., 437, 283-299.

Sumita, I. and J.M. Aurnou, 2000, Thermal convection in rotating systems and applica-tions to planetary cores, Rec. Research Devel. Geophysics, 3, 169-180.

Aurnou, J.M., Olson, P., 1999, Control of inner core rotation by electromagnetic, gravitational and mechanical torques, Physics of the earth and Planetary Interiors, 117, 111-121.

Olson, P.L., and J.M. Aurnou, 1999, A polar vortex in the Earth's core, Nature, 402, 170-173.

Brito, D., Aurnou, J.M., Olson, P., 1999, Can heterogeneous core-mantle electromagnetic coupling control geomagnetic reversals?, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 112, 159-170.

Aurnou, J.M., Brito, D., Olson, P., 1998, Anomalous rotation of the inner core and the toroidal magnetic field, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 9721-9738,

Noir, J., et al., 1997, Fluid flow triggered migration of events in the 1989 Dobi earthquake sequence of Central Afar, Geophysical Research Letters, 24, 2335-2338,

Aurnou, J.M., Brito, D., and P.L. Olson, 1996, Mechanics of inner core super-rotation, Geophys. Res. Letts., 23, 3401-3404.

Selected Posters

Aurnou, J., et al, Anomalous Inner Core Rotation: Electromagnetic and Gravitational Torques

Aurnou, J., Olson, P., Generation of Zonal Winds by Thermal Convection in Rotating Spherical Shells

Brito, D., Aurnou, J., Cardin, P., Experiments on Turbulent Viscosity in Planetary Cores

Aurnou, J., Heimpel, M., Gomez-Perez, N., Al-Shamali, F., Radius Ratio Effects on Rotating Convection and Dynamo Action

Aurnou, J., Olson, P., Andreadis, S., Rotating Convection Experiments in a Tangent Cylinder Geometry

Aurnou, J., Heimpel, M., Generating Banded Flow Structures on Jupiter

King, E., Yaghmaei, A., Noir, J., Aurnou, J., Development of the UCLA Rotating Magnetoconvection Device (RMCD)

Aurnou, J., Safranek-Shrader, C., Spinning Up Interest: Classroom Demonstrations of Rotating Fluid Dynamics