The superrotation of planetary atmospheres
Abstract
It is suggested that the superrotation of planetary atmospheres is caused by the transport of the anti-trade-wind branch of Hadley circulation with respect to a large equatorial angular momentum into polar regions with significantly smaller local values of the rigid-body angular momentum. This mechanism becomes more efficient as the Hadley cells extend farther toward the poles, i.e., the efficiency is inversely proportional to the self-rotation velocity of the planet.
- Publication:
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Akademiia Nauk SSSR Doklady
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987DoSSR.295..828M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Circulation;
- Planetary Atmospheres;
- Planetary Rotation;
- Angular Momentum;
- Polar Regions;
- Venus (Planet);
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration