Erratum to “A numerical dynamo benchmark” [Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 128 (1–4) (2001) 25–34]

U.R. Christensen (1) , J. Aubert (2) , Philippe Cardin (3) , E. Dormy (4) , S. Gibbons (5) , G.A. Glatzmaier (6) , E. Grote (7) , Y. Honkura (8) , C. Jones (9) , M. Kono (8) , M. Matsushima (8) , A. Sakuraba (10) , F. Takahashi (8) , A. Tilgner (11) , J. Wicht (1) , K. Zhang (12)

1 MPS - Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
2 Dynamique des Fluides Géologiques
3 LGIT - Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique
4 FRDPENS - Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris
5 NORSAR/ICG
6 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Santa Cruz]
7 Theoretische Physik IV, Germany
8 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [TITECH Tokyo]
9 Department of Applied Mathematics
10 Department of Earth and Planetary Science [Tokyo]
11 Institut für Geophysik [Göttingen]
12 Department of Mathematics [Exeter]

It has been pointed out to us that Table 4, which lists the recommended standard values for the solution to the benchmark problems, contains a typographical error. In case 1 the correct value for the kinetic energy Ekin is 30.773 ± 0.020 (not 30.733 ± 0.020). We thank Andrew Jackson for drawing attention to this error, which could be confusing when testing a dynamo code at a high precision level.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

U.R. Christensen, J. Aubert, Philippe Cardin, E. Dormy, S. Gibbons, et al.. Erratum to “A numerical dynamo benchmark” [Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 128 (1–4) (2001) 25–34]. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2009, 172 (3-4), pp.356-356. ⟨10.1016/j.pepi.2008.09.014⟩. ⟨insu-00447063⟩