Local dynamics of baroclinic waves in the Martian atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3415-3447

  Kavulich, Michael J ^a   Szunyogh, Istvan ^a   Gyarmati, Gyorgyi ^a   Wilson, R John ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Baroclinic flows; Eddies; Jets; Planetary atmospheres; Rossby waves; Waves

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; EDDIES; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; MARS GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; JETS; KINETICS; SOLS; WAVES;

GAS DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC WAVE; EDDY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPOTENTIAL; JET; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84888075116     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0262.1     Document Type: Article

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