The fully developed superrotation simulated by a general circulation model of a Venus-like atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 561-573

  Yamamoto, Masaru ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; SOLAR HEATING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; VENUS;

EID: 0042388198     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<0561:tfdssb>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Baker, R. D., G. Schubert, and P. W. Jones, 2000: Convectively generated internal gravity waves in the lower atmosphere of Venus. Part II: Mean wind shear and wave-mean flow interaction. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 200-215.
2. Belton, M. J. S., and Coauthors, 1991: Images from Galileo of the Venus cloud deck. Science, 253, 1531-1536.
3. Bullock, M. A., and D. H. Grinspoon, 2001: The recent evolution of climate on Venus. Icarus, 150, 19-37.
4. Counselman, C. C., III. S. A. Gourevitch, R. W. King, G. B. Loriot, and E. S. Ginsberg, 1980: Zonal and meridional circulation of the lower atmosphere of Venus determined by radio interferometry. J. Geophys. Res., 85, 8026-8030.
5. Covey, C., and G. Schubert, 1981: 4-day waves in the Venus atmosphere. Icarus, 47, 130-138.
6. Covey, C., and G. Schubert, 1982: Planetary-scale waves in the Venus atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 2397-2413.
7. Del Genio, A. D., and W. B. Rossow, 1990: Planetary-scale wave and the cyclic nature of cloud top dynamics on Venus. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 293-318.
8. Del Genio, A. D., and W. Zhou, 1996: Simulations of superrotation on slowly rotating planets: Sensitivity to rotation and initial condition. Icarus, 120, 332-343.
9. Del Genio, A. D., W. Zhou, and T P. Eichler, 1993: Equatorial superrotation in a slowly rotating GCM: Implications for Titan and Venus. Icarus, 101, 1-17.
10. Fels, S. B., and R. S. Lindzen, 1974: The interaction of thermally excited gravity waves with mean flows. Geophys. Fluid Dyn., 6, 149-191.
11. Gierasch, P. J., 1975: Meridional circulation and the maintenance of the Venus atmospheric rotation. J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 1038-1044.
12. Hide, R., 1969: 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.
13. Hou, A. Y., and B. F. Farrell, 1987: Superrotation induced by critical-level absorption of gravity waves on Venus: An assessment. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 1049-1061.
14. Hourdin, F., O. Talagrand, R. Sadourny, R. Courtin, D. Gautier, and C. P. McKay, 1995: Numerical simulation of the general circulation of the atmosphere of Titan. Icarus, 117, 358-374.
15. Iga, S., and Y. Matsuda, 1999: A mechanism of the super-rotation in the Venus atmosphere: Meridional circulation and barotropic instability. Theor. Appl. Mech., Proc. Japan Nat. Congr. Theor. Appl. Mech., 48, 379-383.
16. Imamura, T., 1997: Momentum balance of the Venusian midlatitude mesosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 6615-6620.
17. Koschmieder, E. L., and E. R. Lewis, 1986: Hadley circulation on a nonuniformly heated rotating plate. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 2514-2526.
18. Leroy, S. S., and A. P. Ingersoll, 1995: Convective generation of gravity waves in Venus's atmosphere: Gravity spectrum and momentum transport. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 3717-3737.
19. Matsuda, Y., 1980: Dynamics of the four-day circulation in the Venus atmosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 58, 443-470.
20. Matsuda, Y., 1982: A further study of dynamics of the four-day circulation in the Venus atmosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan. 60, 245-254.
21. Matsuda, Y., and T. Matsuno, 1978: Radiative-convective equilibrium of the Venusian atmosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 56, 1-18.
22. McIntyre, M. E., 1989: On dynamics and transport near the polar mesopause in summer. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 14 617-14 628.
23. Newman, M., and C. B. Leovy, 1992: Maintenance of strong rotational winds in Venus' middle atmosphere by thermal tides. Science, 257, 647-650.
24. Newman, M., G. Schubert, A. J. Kliore, and J. R. Patel, 1984: Zonal winds in the middle atmosphere of Venus from Pioneer Venus radio occultation data. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 1901-1913.
25. Numaguti, A., M. Takahashi, T. Nakajima, and A. Sumi, 1995: Development of an atmospheric general circulation model. Climate System Dynamics and Modelling, Vol. 1-3, T. Matsuno, Ed., Center for Climate System Research, 1-27.
26. Rossow, W. B., 1983: A general circulation model of a Venus-like atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 273-302.
27. Rossow, W. B., and G. P. Williams, 1979: Large-scale motion in the Venus stratosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 377-389.
28. Rossow, W. B., S. B. Fels, and P. H. Stone, 1980: Comments on "A three-dimensional model of dynamical processes in the Venus atmosphere." J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 250-252.
29. Rossow, W. B., A. D. Del Genio, and T. Eichler, 1990: Cloud-tracked winds from Pioneer Venus OCPP images. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 2053-2084.
30. Schubert, G., and J. A. Whitehead, 1969: Moving flame experiment with liquid mercury: Possible implications for the Venus atmosphere. Science, 163, 71-72.
31. Schubert, G., and Coauthors, 1980: Structure and circulation of the Venus atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 85, 8007-8025.
32. Seiff, A., D. B. Kirk, R. E. Young, R. C. Blanchard, J. T. Findlay, G. M. Kelly, and S. C. Sommer, 1980: Measurements of thermal structure and thermal contrasts in the atmosphere of Venus and related dynamical observations: Results from the four Pioneer Venus probes. J. Geophys. Res., 85, 7903-7933.
33. Smith, M. D., and J. Gierasch, 1996: Global-scale winds at the Venus cloud-top inferred from cloud streak orientations. Icarus, 123, 313-323.
34. Smith, M. D., and J. Gierasch, and P J. Schinder, 1992: A global traveling wave on Venus. Science, 256, 652-655.
35. Smith, M. D., J. Gierasch, and P. J. Schinder, 1993: Global-scale waves in the Venus atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 4080-4096.
36. Thompson, R., 1970: Venus's general circulation is a merry-go-round. J. Atmos. Sci., 27, 1107-1116.
37. Tomasko, M. G., L. R. Doose, and P. H. Smith, 1985: The absorption of solar energy and the heating rate in the atmosphere of Venus. Adv. Space Res., 5, 71-79.
38. Yamamoto, M., 2001: Blocky markings and planetary-scale waves in the equatorial cloud layer of Venus. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 365-375.
39. Yamamoto, M., and H. Tanaka, 1997: Formation and maintenance of the 4-day circulation in the Venus middle atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1472-1489.
40. Young, R. E., and J. B. Pollack, 1977: A three-dimensional model of dynamical processes in the Venus atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1315-1351.