Static stability of the Jovian atmospheres estimated from moist adiabatic profiles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Sugiyama, Ko Ichiro ^a   Odaka, Masatsugu ^a   Kuramoto, Kiyoshi ^a   Hayashi, Yoshi Yuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GRAVITY WAVES; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER;

JOVIAN ATMOSPHERES; MOIST ADIABATIC PROFILES; STATIC STABILITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

GIBBS FREE ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

URANIA;

EID: 33645838864     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024554     Document Type: Article

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