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astro-ph.EP2021
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…
astro-ph.EP2019
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…