Axisymmetric, nearly inviscid circulations in non-condensing radiative-convective atmospheres

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 634 A, 2008, Pages 1269-1285

  Caballero, Rodrigo ^a   Pierrehumbert, Raymound T ^b   Mitchell, Jonathan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hadley cell; Mars; Radiative convective equilibrium; Snowball earth

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CLOUDS; SOLAR RADIATION;

HADLEY CELL; HADLEY CELLS; MARS; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SNOWBALL EARTH; ANALYTICAL THEORIES; AXISYMMETRIC; BOUSSINESQ; CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; COMPRESSIBLE ATMOSPHERES; INSOLATION CONDITIONS; NEWTONIANS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL DEPTHS; ROTATION RATES; SCALING THEORIES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 50949133169     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.271     Document Type: Article

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