5 Modeling Solar Convection
The extreme parameter regimes which prevail in the solar interior are inaccessible to laboratory
experiments. Although experiments can provide important insight into fundamental aspects of turbulence
and dynamo processes, most of our current knowledge about large-scale dynamics in the Sun comes from
numerical and theoretical modeling efforts. In this section we briefly describe some of the modeling
strategies which have been used. A comprehensive account is beyond the scope of this review; the reader is
referred to the publications cited in this section for more information. For further information on laboratory
experiments regarding convection and dynamo processes in a solar/planetary context, the reader is
referred to Hart et al. (1986), Siggia (1994), Niemela et al. (2000), Busse (2000
), and Gailitis
et al. (2002).
