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The layered polar caps of Mars have long been thought to be related to variations in orbit and axial tilt. We dynamically link Mars's past climate variations with the stratigraphy and isotopic composition of its ice by modeling the exchange…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Eran Vos , Oded Aharonson , Norbert Schorghofer

The atmosphere of a hot jupiter may be subject to a thermo-resistive instability, in which the increasing electrical conductivity with temperature leads to runaway Ohmic heating. We introduce a simplified model of the local dynamics in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 Raphaël Hardy , Andrew Cumming , Paul Charbonneau

In hot and ultra-hot Jupiters, stellar irradiation is a primary driver of atmospheric circulation and the wave structures that sustain it. We aim to investigate how variations in radiative and dynamical timescales influence global flow…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 C. Akın , K. Heng , J. M. Mendonça , R. Deitrick , L. Gkouvelis

General circulation models of the atmosphere of hot Jupiters have shown the existence of a supersonic eastward equatorial jet. In this paper, we investigate the effects of compressibility on the atmospheric dynamics by solving the standard…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-13 Sébastien Fromang , Jérémy Leconte , Kevin Heng

We study the spatio-temporal dynamics of a model of polar active fluid in two dimensions. The system exhibits a transition from an isotropic to a polarized state as a function of density. The uniform polarized state is, however, unstable…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-12-08 Luca Giomi , M. Cristina Marchetti

Jupiter's icy moons are believed to host subsurface liquid oceans, and among them, Europa stands out as one of the most promising candidates for extraterrestrial life. Yet, the processes driving oceanic flows beneath its ice shell, as well…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-16 Florentin Daniel , Ludovic Petitdemange , Christophe Gissinger

We present a 3D fully selfconsistent multi-fluid hydrodynamic aeronomy model to study the structure of a hydrogen dominated expanding upper atmosphere around the hot Jupiter HD 209458b and the warm Neptune GJ 436b. In comparison to previous…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-21 I. F. Shaikhislamov , M. L. Khodachenko , H. Lammer , A. G. Berezutsky , I. B. Miroshnichenko , M. S. Rumenskikh

We investigate the effect of increased longwave radiative forcing (a proxy for increased greenhouse gas concentration) on the zonally averaged location of the eddy-driven jet stream in a latitude dependent, two-layer Energy Balance Model.…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-09-02 Cord Perillo , David Klein , Rabia Djellouli

Jupiter's atmosphere is dominated by multiple jet streams which are strongly tied to its 3D atmospheric circulation. Lacking a rigid bottom boundary, several models exist for how the meridional circulation extends into the planetary…

Observations of rapidly rotating solar-like stars show a significant mixture of opposite-polarity magnetic fields within their polar regions. To explain these observations, models describing the surface transport of magnetic flux demand the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Holzwarth , D. H. Mackay , M. Jardine

We present a general relativistic (GR) model of jet variability in active galactic nuclei due to orbiting blobs in helical motion along a funnel or cone shaped magnetic surface anchored to the accretion disk near the black hole. Considering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-26 P. Mohan , A. Mangalam

We present a study of atmospheric disturbances at Jezero Crater, Mars, using ground-based measurements of surface pressure by the Perseverance rover in combination with orbital images from the Mars Express and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…

Confinement can modify the dynamics, the thermodynamics and the structural properties of liquid water, the prototypical anomalous liquid. By considering a general anomalous liquid, suitable for globular proteins, colloids or liquid metals,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-19 Fabio Leoni , Giancarlo Franzese

Turbulence and large-scale waves in the tropical region are studied using the spherical shallow water equations. With mesoscale vorticity forcing, both moist and dry systems show kinetic energy scaling that is dominated by rotational modes,…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2021-04-28 J. Schröttle , D. L. Suhas , N. Harnik , J. Sukhatme

Polar vortices are common in the atmospheres of rapidly rotating planets [1-4]. On Earth and Mars they are tied to the surface and their existence follows the seasonal insolation cycle [1-3]. Venus is a slowly rotating planet but it is also…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-01 I. Garate-Lopez , R. Hueso , A. Sánchez-Lavega , J. Peralta , G. Piccioni , P. Drossart

Jupiter's atmosphere-interior is a coupled fluid dynamical system strongly influenced by the rapid background rotation. While the visible atmosphere features east-west zonal winds on the order of 100 m/s (Tollefson et al. 2017), zonal flows…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-11 Hao Cao , Jeremy Bloxham , Ryan S. Park , Burkhard Militzer , Rakesh K. Yadav , Laura Kulowski , David J. Stevenson , Scott J. Bolton

We present a study of the long term variability of Jupiter's mid-infrared auroral CH4 emissions. 7.7 - 7.9 micron images of Jupiter recorded by Earth-based telescopes over the last three decades were collated in order to quantify the…

The H2O abundance of a planetary atmosphere is a powerful indicator of formation conditions. Inferring H2O in the solar system giant planets is challenging, due to condensation depleting the upper atmosphere of water vapour. Substantially…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-08 Ryan J. MacDonald , Mark S. Marley , Jonathan J. Fortney , Nikole K. Lewis

Oxygen is the most common element after hydrogen and helium in Jupiter's atmosphere, and may have been the primary condensable (as water ice) in the protoplanetary disk. Prior to the Juno mission, in situ measurements of Jupiter's water…

We present a new instability observed in rapid granular flows down rough inclined planes. For high inclinations and flow rates, the free surface of the flow experiences a regular deformation in the transverse direction. Measurements of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Yoel Forterre , Olivier Pouliquen