GCM Simulations of Seasonal Change on Uranus

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf..619s&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.619

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We present the results of our Uranus spin-up experiments with an insolation-based forcing mechanism. Our model's short-wave incoming flux varies seasonally to reproduce the widely varying patterns of insolation found on the planet. We have introduced a novel, computationally efficient radiation scheme to the Explicit Planetry Isentropic Coordinate (EPIC) general circulation model (GCM) to simulate seasonal effects. We find considerable changes in zonal wind structure that are seasonally dependent. Such seasonally driven variations in circulation may be responsible for observed changes in the planetary cloud cover and banding structure between seasons.

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