Hadley circulations and Kelvin wave-driven equatorial jets in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 508-525

  Yamazaki, Y H ^a   Read, P L ^a   Skeet, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equatorial jet; Hadley circulation; Jupiter; Kelvin wave; Saturn; Super rotation

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACE RESEARCH; WIND; WIND STRESS;

EQUATORIAL JETS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; JUPITER; KELVIN WAVES; SATURN; SUPER ROTATION;

PLANETS;

EID: 15844376696     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.03.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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