dc.contributor.author | Potter, Samuel F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Vallis, Geoffrey K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Jonathan L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-23T15:05:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-02-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | The nondimensional parameter space of an idealized dry primitive equation model is explored to find superrotating climate states. The model has no convective parameterization and is forced using a simple thermal relaxation to a prescribed radiative equilibrium temperature. It is demonstrated that, of four nondimensional parameters that determine the model's state, only the thermal Rossby number has a significant effect on superrotation. The mode that drives the transition to superrotation in an intermediate-thermal-Rossby-number atmosphere is shown to behave like a Kelvin wave in the tropics. © 2014 American Meteorological Society. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 71, pp. 596 - 614 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0150.1 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20086 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | American Meteorological Society | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2015 American Meteorological Society | en_GB |
dc.title | Spontaneous superrotation and the role of Kelvin waves in an idealized dry GCM | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-23T15:05:36Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-4928 | |
dc.description | Published | en_GB |
dc.description | Journal Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1520-0469 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | en_GB |