Formation of jets and equatorial superrotation on Jupiter

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 579-601

  Schneider, Tapio ^a   Liu, Junjun ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC EDDY; CONTROL SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE HEAT; EQUATORIAL JETS; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; EQUATORIAL SUPERROTATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GIANT PLANETS; JUPITERS; RADIATIVE HEATING; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOWS;

DRAG; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIANT HEATING; SIMULATORS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

JETS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; JET; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 67649954244     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2798.1     Document Type: Article

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