Simulations of superrotation on slowly rotating planets: Sensitivity to rotation and initial condition

Icarus

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 332-343

  Del Genio, Anthony D ^a   Zhou, Wei ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

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EID: 0030122006     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0054     Document Type: Article

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