Convective generation of equatorial superrotation in planetary atmospheres

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2742-2756

  Liu, Junjun ^a   Schneider, Tapio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Planetary atmospheres; Planetary waves

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC EDDY; BAROCLINICITY; EQUATORIAL JETS; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; EQUATORIAL SUPERROTATION; EXTRATROPICAL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GIANT PLANETS; LOW LATITUDES; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WARM CLIMATES; ZONAL FLOWS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT CONVECTION; HEATING; METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROCLINIC MODE; DRAG; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 81555213042     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-10-05013.1     Document Type: Article

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