Nonconservation of Ertel potential vorticity in hydrogen atmospheres

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1953-1965

  Gierasch, Peter J ^a   Conrath, Barney J ^a   Read, Peter L ^b  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLANETS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW;

LARGE SCALE MOTIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS;

HYDROGEN; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 4344619281     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1953:NOEPVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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