Analyzing the cloud-induced aerosol modifications by combination of remote sensing...
| Grant number: | 12/13202-8 |
| Support type: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |
| Effective date (Start): | September 20, 2012 |
| Effective date (End): | June 19, 2013 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences |
| Principal Investigator: | Tercio Ambrizzi |
| Grantee: | João Rafael Dias Pinto |
| Supervisor abroad: | Jonathan L. Mitchell |
| Home Institution: | Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Local de pesquisa : | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States |
| Associated to the scholarship: | 10/15174-6 - General circulation and the atmospheric superotation of Titã, BP.DR |
Abstract The general circulation of slowly-rotating planets, such as Venus and Titan, differs from that observed in other planets. This regime is characterized by a prograde superrotating zonal flow which has a larger angular momentum than the underlying solid surface. It is required from transient eddies the convergence of angular momentum in the equatorial region in order to maintain such winds. However, the physical processes present in this phenomenon are still unclear. Therefore, this project aims to understand the main equatorial mechanisms in wave-mean flow interaction processes that drive the atmospheric superrotation. These analyses will asses the mechanism behind this phenomenon and will also enable an improvement of its simulation in numerical models. (AU) | |
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