Stationary and Slowly Propagating Waves in a Venus-Like AGCM: Roles of Topography in Venus' Atmospheric Dynamics

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan

Volumn 55, Issue , 2006, Pages 201-207

  Yamamoto, Masaru ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; STATIC STABILITY; SUPERROTATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SOLAR HEATING; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 34248217547     PISSN: 13480693     EISSN: 13494244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11345/nctam.55.201     Document Type: Article

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