Seasonal meridional energy balance and thermal structure of the atmosphere of Uranus - A radiative-convective-dynamical model

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Jan 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987icar...69..135f&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 69, Jan. 1987, p. 135-156.

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Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Temperature, Planetary Radiation, Thermodynamics, Uranus Atmosphere, Annual Variations, Convective Heat Transfer, Enthalpy, Heat Flux, Heat Sources, Radiative Heat Transfer, Solar Heating, Uranus, Seasonal Variations, Thermal Properties, Structure, Atmosphere, Convection, Dynamics, Models, Radiation, Energy, Temperature, Heat, Flux, Pressure, Latitude, Baroclinicity, Parameters, Transport, Source, Insolation, Interior, Calculations, Procedure, Data, Polar Regions

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A model is presented for the thermodynamics of the seasonal meridional energy balance and thermal structure of the Uranian atmosphere. The model considers radiation and small-scale convection, and dynamical heat fluxes due to large-scale baroclinic eddies. Phase oscillations with a period of 0.5 Uranian year are discerned in the total internal power and global enthalpy storage. The variations in the identity of the main transport agent with the magnitude of the internal heat source are discussed. It is shown that meridional heat transport in the atmosphere is sufficient to lower seasonal horizontal temperature contrasts below those predicted with radiative-convection models.

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