An Estimate of Mountain Drag during ALPEX for Comparison with Numerical Models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences American Meteorological Society 45:13 (1988) 1949-1960

Authors:

BC Carissimo, RT Pierrehumbert, HL Pham

Finite-amplitude, neutral baroclinic eddies and mean flows in an internally heated, rotating fluid: 2. Effects of spatially varying N2

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans Elsevier 11:3-4 (1988) 211-264

The dynamics of planetary atmospheres

Science Progress 72:3 (1988) 421-450

Authors:

FW Taylor, PJ Gierasch, PL Read, R Hide

Abstract:

Current knowledge of the dynamics of the atmospheres of the planets is reviewed. This has expanded a great deal in recent years, due to the numerous space missions which have gathered new observational data. Nevertheless, there is also much which remains unknown, and many cases where new observations have simply posed additional questions of a fundamental kind. We undertake an examination of some particular examples, including the banded structure and long-lived eddies on Jupiter and Saturn, the rapid rotation of Venus' atmosphere, and the climate of Mars. -Authors

On High-Drag States of Nonlinear Stratified Flow over an Obstacle

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences American Meteorological Society 45:1 (1988) 63-80

Authors:

JT Bacmeister, RT Pierrehumbert

On the scale of baroclinic instability in deep, compressible atmospheres

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Wiley 114:480 (1988) 421-437