Angular momentum budget in General Circulation Models of superrotating atmospheres: A critical diagnostic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Lebonnois, Sébastien ^a   Covey, Curt ^b   Grossman, Allen ^b   Parish, Helen ^c   Schubert, Gerald ^c   Walterscheid, Richard ^d   Lauritzen, Peter ^e   Jablonowski, Christiane ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; FRICTION; MOUNTAIN; TITAN; VENUS;

EID: 84871556318     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004223     Document Type: Article

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