Abstract: The previous study of Young and Villere concerning growth of planetary scale waves forced by wave-wave interactions of amplifying intermediate scale baroclinic eddies is extended to investigate effects of different eddy ...

Abstract: An investigation is conducted of the characteristics of linear and finite amplitude baroclinic waves during Southern Hemisphere winter. Emphasis is placed on the dynamics of planetary scale modes, which propagate into the ...

Abstract: Modelling the atmosphere in accord with recent spacecraft and ground-based observations, we have carried out accurate, multiple scattering calculations to determine the solar energy deposition profile in the atmosphere of ...

Abstract: It has been proposed that the observed 4-day retrograde rotation of the Venus atmosphere is a zonal motion of at least the upper atmosphere driven by periodic solar thermal forcing. We have assessed the relative importance ...

Abstract: The influence of the equatorial quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) on the winter middle atmosphere is modeled with a mechanistic global primitive equation model. The model's polar vortex evolution is sensitive to the lower ...

Abstract: A multilevel, global, primitive equation model is used to examine the nonlinear development of baroclinic waves (confined initially to a single zonal wavenumber) on a symmetric zonal flow. The focus is on the influence of ...

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Abstract: A three-dimensional, spherical, primitive equation eigenvalue model is used to investigate the baroclinic stability properties of the wind and temperature fields in the Venus atmosphere as measured by Pioneer Venus. It is ...

Abstract: A global distribution of amplifying intermediate scale baroclinic modes can cause growth of planetary scale modes through wave-wave coupling, such that the growth of the long waves is comparable to the growth of the most ...

Abstract: Three?dimensional calculations of the circulation of the Venus atmosphere have resulted in mean zonal winds in the same direction and of the same magnitude as those observed, i.e., retrograde with speeds ?100 m s?1. The ...