Thermal and humidity winds in outer planet atmospheres

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May 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...91..154s&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 91, May 1991, p. 154-160.

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Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Meteorology, Uranus Atmosphere, Wind (Meteorology), Atmospheric Models, Hydrogen, Meridional Flow, Shear Stress, Zonal Flow (Meteorology)

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Among the dynamical consequences of molecular weight variations due to condensation in hydrogen atmospheres is the creation of geostrophic wind variations by horizontal variations in molecular weight. In the present illustrative model, it is shown that such horizontal gradients are generated by methane condensation in the cases of the Uranus and Neptune atmospheres. As a result, the zonal wind shear is different in both magnitude and direction from the value determined while neglecting molecular weight variations. The horizontal molecular weight gradients due to condensation of minor constituents also vertically shear the zonal wind, giving rise to what may be termed the 'humidity wind'.

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