Mechanisms of jet formation on the giant planets

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3652-3672

  Liu, Junjun ^a   Schneider, Tapio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heating; Jets; Planetary atmospheres; Radiative forcing; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM FLUX; BAROCLINIC EDDY; DIFFERENT SPEED; EQUATORIAL JETS; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GIANT PLANETS; JET FORMATION; JUPITERS; NEPTUNE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE HEATING; ROSSBY WAVE; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; PLANETS; RADIANT HEATING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; JET FLOW; JET STREAM; JUPITER; NEPTUNE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; ROSSBY WAVE; SATURN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; URANUS;

EID: 78649490604     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3492.1     Document Type: Article

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