Equatorial jets in the dusty Martian atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Lewis, Stephen R ^a   Read, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric superrotation; Atmospheric tides; Comparative planetology; Mars

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; JET; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0042346247     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001933     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Andrews, D. G., and M. McIntyre, Generalized eliassen-palm and charneydrazin theorems for waves on axisymmetric mean flows in compressible atmospheres, J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 231-248, 1978.
2. Andrews, D. G., J. R. Holton, and C. B. Leovy, Middle Atmosphere Dynamics, Academic, San Diego, Calif., 1987.
3. Barnes, J. R., and R. M. Haberle, The Martian zonal-mean circulation: Angular momentum and potential vorticity structures in GCM simulations, J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3143-3156, 1996.
4. Chapman, S., and R. S. Lindzen, Atmospheric Tides, D. Reidel, Norwell, Mass., 1970.
5. Edmon, H. J., Jr., B. J. Hoskins, and M. E. McIntyre, Eliassen-Palm cross sections for the troposphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2600-2616, 1980.
6. Emanuel, K. A., Atmospheric Convection, Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1994.
7. Fels, S. B., and R. S. Lindzen, The interaction of thermally excited gravity waves with mean flows. Geophys. Fluid Dyn., 6, 149-191, 1974.
8. Forget, F., F. Hourdin, R. Fournier, C. Hourdin, O. Talagrand, M. Collins, S. R. Lewis, P. L. Read, and J.-P. Huot, Improved general circulation models of the Martian atmosphere from the surface to above 80 km, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 24,155-24,176, 1999.
9. Gierasch, P. J., Meridional circulation and the maintenance of the Venus atmospheric rotation, J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 1038-1044, 1975.
10. Gierasch, P. J., Waves in the atmosphere of Venus, Nature, 328, 510-512, 1987.
11. Gierasch, P. J., et al., The general circulation of the Venus atmosphere: An assessment, in Venus II, edited by S. W. Bougher et al., pp. 459-500, Univ. of Ariz. Press, Tucson, 1997.
12. Haberle, R. M., J. B. Pollack, J. R. Barnes, R. W. Zurek, C. B. Leovy, J. R. Murphy, H. Lee, and J. Schaeffer, Mars atmospheric dynamics as simulated by the NASA/Ames general circulation model: 1, The zonal-mean circulation, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 3093-3123, 1993.
13. Hamilton, K., The effect of Solar tides on the general circulation of the Martian atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 481-485, 1982.
14. Hide, R., Dynamics of the atmospheres of the major planets with an appendix on the viscous boundary layer at the rigid bounding surface of an electrically-conducting rotating fluid in the presence of a magnetic field, J. Atmos. Sci., 26, 841-853, 1969.
15. Hou, A. Y., and B. F. Farrell, Super-rotation induced by critical level absorption of gravity waves on Venus: An assessment, J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1894-1901, 1987.
16. Hourdin, F., F. Forget, and O. Talagrand, The sensitivity of the Martian surface pressure to various parameters: A comparison between numerical simulations and Viking observations, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 5501-5523, 1995.
17. Lellouch, E., J. Rosenqvist, J. J. Goldstein, S. W. Bougher, and G. Paubert, First absolute wind measurements in the middle atmosphere of Mars, Astrophys. J., 383, 401-406, 1992.
18. Leovy, C. B., Zonal winds near Venus' cloud top level: An analytic model of the equatorial wind. Icarus, 69, 193-201, 1987.
19. Lewis, S. R., M. Collins, P. L. Read, F. Forget, F. Hourdin, R. Fournier, C. Hourdin, O. Talagrand, and J.-P. Huot, A climate database for Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 24,177-24,194, 1999.
20. Lindzen, R. S., The application and applicability of terrestrial atmospheric tidal theory to Venus and Mars, J. Atmos. Sci., 27, 536-549, 1970.
21. Lindzen, R. S., and A. Y. Hou, Hadley circulations for zonally-averaged heating centered off the equator, J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 2416-2427, 1988.
22. Read, P. L., Super-rotation and diffusion of axial angular momentum: 1. 'Speed limits' for axisymmetric flow in a rotating cylindrical fluid annulus, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 112, 231-251, 1986a.
23. Read, P. L., Super-rotation and diffusion of axial angular momentum: II. A review of quasi-axisymmetric models of planetary atmospheres, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 112, 253-272, 1986b.
24. Schneider, E. K., Martian great dust storms: Interpretive axially symmetric models, Icarus, 55, 302-331, 1983.
25. Wilson, R. J., A general circulation model simulation of the Martian polar warming, Geophys. Res. Lett., 53, 1290-1326, 1997.
26. Wilson, R. J., Evidence for diurnal period Kelvin waves in the Martian atmosphere from MGS TES data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3889-3892, 2000.
27. Wilson, R. J., and K. Hamilton, Comprehensive model simulation of thermal tides in the Martian atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1290-1326, 1996.
28. Young, R. E., and G. Schubert, Dynamical aspects of the Venus 4-day circulation, Planet. Space Sci., 21, 1563-1580, 1973.
29. Zurek, R. W., Diurnal tide in the Martian atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 321-337, 1976.
30. Zurek, R. W., Atmospheric tidal forcing of the zonal-mean circulation: The Martian dusty atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 652-670, 1986.
31. Zurek, R. W., and R. M. Haberle, Zonally symmetric response to atmospheric tidal forcing in the dusty Martian atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 2469-2485, 1988.
32. Zurek, R. W., and L. J. Martin, Interannual variability of planet-encircling dust storms on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 3247-3259, 1993.
33. Zurek, R. W., J. R. Barnes, R. M. Haberle, J. B: Pollack, J. E. Tillman, and C. B. Leovy, Dynamics of the atmosphere of Mars, in Mars, edited by H. H. Kieffer et al., pp. 835-933, Univ. of Ariz. Press, Tucson, 1992.