The potential importance of non-local, deep transport on the energetics, momentum, chemistry, and aerosol distributions in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-154

  Rafkin, Scot C R ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Clouds; Dust storm; Mars; Titan; Transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL SPECIES; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DUST LAYER; DUST STORM; HADLEY CELLS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MARS; MARS DUST; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; NONLOCAL; THERMAL CIRCULATION; TITAN; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; DUST; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METHANE; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84855680278     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.07.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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