High Rayleigh number compressible convection in Venus' atmosphere: Penetration, entrainment, and turbulence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E2, 1999, Pages 3815-3832

  Baker, R David ^a,c,e   Schubert, Gerald ^a,d   Jones, Philip W ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; VENUS;

EID: 0033602223     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900029     Document Type: Article

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