Surface quasigeostrophic turbulence: The study of an active scalar

Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science AIP Publishing 12:2 (2002) 439-450

Authors:

Jai Sukhatme, Raymond T Pierrehumbert

Testing paleogeographic controls on a Neoproterozoic snowball Earth

Geophysical Research Letters American Geophysical Union (AGU) 29:11 (2002) 10-1-10-4

Authors:

Christopher J Poulsen, Robert L Jacob, Raymond T Pierrehumbert, Tran T Huynh

Dynamical relaxation and the orbits of low-mass extrasolar planets

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 332:2 (2002)

Authors:

C Terquem, JCB Papaloizou

Abstract:

We consider the evolution of a system containing a population of massive planets formed rapidly through a fragmentation process occurring on a scale on the order of 100 au and a lower mass planet that assembles in a disc on a much longer time-scale. During the formation phase, the inner planet is kept on a circular orbit owing to tidal interaction with the disc, while the outer planets undergo dynamical relaxation. Interaction with the massive planets left in the system after the inner planet forms may increase the eccentricity of the inner orbit to high values, producing systems similar to those observed.

Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises

National Academies Press, 2002

Authors:

Committee on Abrupt Climate Change, National Research Council, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Polar Research Board, Ocean Studies Board

Abstract:

Based on the best and most current research available, this book surveys the history of climate change and makes a series of specific recommendations for the future.

Dynamical relaxation and the orbits of low-mass extrasolar planets

(2002)

Authors:

Caroline Terquem, John CB Papaloizou