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Baroclinic and barotropic instabilities in planetary atmospheres: energetics, equilibration and adjustment
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
Invited contribution by Peter Read, recipient of the EGU Lewis Fry Richardson Medal 2016.
Daniel Kennedy
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik,
Greifswald, Germany
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
Neil Lewis
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
Hélène Scolan
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique, Université de Lyon, France
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
Fachreddin Tabataba-Vakili
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
Yixiong Wang
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
Susie Wright
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
Roland Young
Department of Physics & National Space Science and Technology Center,
United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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Discussed (final revised paper)
Latest update: 28 Mar 2024
Short summary
Baroclinic and barotropic instabilities are well known as the processes responsible for the production of the most important energy-containing eddies in the atmospheres and oceans of Earth and other planets. Linear and nonlinear instability theories provide insights into when such instabilities may occur, grow to a large amplitude and saturate, with examples from the laboratory, simplified numerical models and planetary atmospheres. We conclude with a number of open issues for future research.
Baroclinic and barotropic instabilities are well known as the processes responsible for the...