Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jan 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976qjrms.102....1h&link_type=abstract
Royal Meteorological Society, Quarterly Journal, vol. 102, Jan. 1976, p. 1-23.
Mathematics
Logic
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Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Heating, Planetary Atmospheres, Atmospheric Models, Buoyancy, Dust Storms, Flyby Missions, Hydrodynamic Equations, Jupiter Atmosphere, Mars Atmosphere, Mars Photographs, Saturn (Planet), Solar System, Thermodynamic Properties, Venus Atmosphere
Scientific paper
The paper reviews the main data available on observable motions in the atmospheres of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Hydrodynamical equations are studied that show how motions in planetary atmospheres must be largely of thermal origin, driven by buoyancy forces due to the action of gravity on density variations maintained by differential heating and cooling. De Riva's models of the Venusian atmosphere are examined, and some explanations of the 4-day circulations evidenced by UV clouds in the stratosphere are studied. The pioneering numerical study of Leovy and Mintz (1969) for the circulation of the Martian atmosphere is mentioned, and various sequences of events proposed to explain Martian dust storms are outlined. Principal hypotheses advanced regarding Jovian circulation, the Great Red Spot, and the equatorial jet are reviewed. Data on Saturn are scant, but there is some evidence for an equatorial current moving four times faster than Jupiter's.
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