A generalized Rhines effect and storms on Jupiter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Theiss, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THEISS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GEOPHYSICS; STORMS; WAVES;

JUPITER; LARGE-SCALE GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; RHINES EFFECT; ROSSBY WAVES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 33745449559     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025379     Document Type: Article

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