Baroclinic instabilities in Jupiter's zonal flow

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Nov 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979icar...40..205g&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 40, Nov. 1979, p. 205-212.

Computer Science

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Atmospheric Circulation, Baroclinity, Flow Stability, Jupiter Atmosphere, Zonal Flow (Meteorology), Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Stratification, Energy Transfer, Stratified Flow, Vertical Motion

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The forms and behavior of baroclinic instabilities occurring in a particularly simple model Jovian atmosphere are studied. First, an extension of the quasi-geostrophic model developed for the earth's atmosphere is used. The second model assumes that the lower-layer perturbation is allowed to be nonhydrostatic, since on Jupiter the disturbance depth scale in the lower layer may be comparable to or greater than the horizontal scale. The results obtained show the importance for the upper-layer meteorology of the interface boundary condition with the lower fluid, which is radically different from the rigid lower boundary of the earth's troposphere.

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