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Jets and Superrotation in Deep and Shallow Planetary Atmospheres
Geoffrey K Vallis, Loren I. Matilsky, Quentin Nicolas
Zonal flows in planetary atmospheres are ubiquitous, and nearly all the planets in the Solar System have flows that are zonally rather than meridionally aligned. \textit{Jets,} whi…
Superrotation and Jet Migration in Simulations of Jupiter's Convective Zone and Weather Layer
Loren Matilsky, Geoffrey Vallis, Matthew Browning +1
The mean zonal flow observed on Jupiter consists of an intricate pattern of jets, or bands of zonal flow moving prograde or retrograde compared to the bulk planetary rotation. The…
Mechanisms of Superrotation in Slowly-Rotating and Tidally-Locked Planets
Quentin Nicolas, Geoffrey K. Vallis
Superrotation is a common feature of quickly rotating gas giants, slowly rotating planetary bodies, and tidally-locked planets. In this paper we compare and contrast the mechanisms…
Influence of penetration depth on jets on giant planets: equatorial jet direction, jet numbers, and jet energy fraction
Yaoxuan Zeng, Wanying Kang, Glenn R. Flierl +1
It remains puzzling why, despite their similar nature, Jupiter and Saturn possess a prograde equatorial jet, whereas Uranus and Neptune have a retrograde one. To understand this di…
The roles of latent heating and dust in the structure and variability of the northern Martian polar vortex
E. R. Ball, D. M. Mitchell, W. J. M. Seviour +2
The winter polar vortices on Mars are annular in terms of their potential vorticity (PV) structure, a phenomenon identified in observations, reanalysis and some numerical simulatio…
The Effects of Gravity on the Climate and Circulation of a Terrestrial Planet
Stephen I. Thomson, Geoffrey K. Vallis
The climate and circulation of a terrestrial planet are governed by, among other things, the distance to its host star, its size, rotation rate, obliquity, atmospheric composition…