A simple-physics global circulation model for Venus: Sensitivity assessments of atmospheric superrotation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Hollingsworth, Jeff L ^a   Young, Richard E ^b   Schubert, G ^c   Covey, C ^d   Grossman, A S ^d  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEATING; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC SUPERROTATION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; VENUS;

GEOPHYSICS;

DIABATIC PROCESS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VENUS;

EID: 34249877917     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028567     Document Type: Article

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