Zonal flow driven by deep convection in the major planets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2553-2556

  Christensen, U R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; PLANETS; WIND EFFECTS; HEAT CONVECTION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

CONVECTING SHELLS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

PLANETARY SURFACE; WIND;

DEEP CONVECTION; EKMAN NUMBERS; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; NON-ZONAL FLOW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROTATING SPHERES; STRESS-FREE BOUNDARIES; THERMAL CONVECTIONS;

EID: 0035391829     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012643     Document Type: Article

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