Two scenarios on the driving mechanism of the Jovian equatorial jet with secondary hydrodynamic instabilities

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2639-2644

  Yamazaki, Y H ^a   Read, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equatorial zone; Hadley circulation; Hydrodynamic instability; Instability; Jet; Jupiter; Kelvin wave; Super rotation

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; HYDRODYNAMICS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EQUATORIAL ZONE; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; JUPITER; KELVIN WAVES; SUPER ROTATION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33750966714     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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