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Rotating Annulus Flows and Baroclinic Waves

Chapter in Rotating Fluids in Geophysical and Industrial Applications, Springer Nature (1992) 185-214

TEMPERATURE TIME-SERIES

NATURE 355:6362 (1992) 686-686

Authors:

MR ALLEN, PL READ, LA SMITH

Characterisation of Chaotic Regimes and Transitions in a Thermally-Driven, Rotating Stratified Fluid

Chapter in Nonlinear Dynamics in Engineering Systems, Springer Nature (1990) 241-248

Authors:

PL Read, MJ Bell, DW Johnson, RM Small

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