Large scale geostrophic winds with a full representation of the Coriolis force: Application to IR observations of the upper Jovian troposphere

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-114

  De La Torre Juarez M ^a,b   Fisher, B M ^a   Orton, G S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Geostrophy; Infrared observations; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GEOSTROPHY; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CORIOLIS FORCE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROSTATICS; INFRARED RADIATION; PLANETARY ROTATION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 33747703688     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920290027943     Document Type: Article

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