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Generation of large-scale eddies and zonal winds in planetary atmospheres

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a Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya ul. 10, Moscow, 123995, Russian Federation
b Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya str. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation

The review deals with a theoretical description of the generation of zonal winds and vortices in a turbulent barotropic atmosphere. These large-scale structures largely determine the dynamics and transport processes in planetary atmospheres. The role of nonlinear effects on the formation of mesoscale vortical structures (cyclones and anticyclones) is examined. A new mechanism for zonal wind generation in planetary atmospheres is discussed. It is based on the parametric generation of convective cells by finite-amplitude Rossby waves. Weakly turbulent spectra of Rossby waves are considered. The theoretical results are compared to the results of satellite microwave monitoring of the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.1070/PU2008v051n06ABEH006588
PACS: 47.27.−i, 92.10.hf, 92.60.−e (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU2008v051n06ABEH006588
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Citation: Onishchenko O G, Pokhotelov O A, Astaf’eva N M "Generation of large-scale eddies and zonal winds in planetary atmospheres" Phys. Usp. 51 577–589 (2008)
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Оригинал: Онищенко О Г, Похотелов О А, Астафьева Н М «Генерация крупномасштабных вихрей и зональных ветров в атмосферах планет» УФН 178 605–618 (2008); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0178.200806c.0605

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