01-061

Planetary Atmospheres

Cover Page/Proposal Summary

ROSS-00    NRA 00-OSS-01

Date Due: 4/28/2000

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Proposal Type: New Proposal

Proposal Category: Dynamics

Major Equipment Proposal? No

Do you intend to submit an Education/Public Outreach (E/PO) proposal? No

Proposal Title:
General Circulation of Planetary Atmospheres

Abbreviated Proposal Title:
General Circulation of Planetary Atmospheres

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Timothy Dowling
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Comparative Planetology Laboratory
University of Louisville
211 Sackett Hall
Louisville, KY 40292
Phone: 502-852-3927   Fax: 502-852-6053   E-mail: dowling@louisville.edu

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Co-Investigators and Collaborators:
Type    Name    Affiliation    E-mail
Sci Co-I   Dr. Edward Colon   Univ. Louisville   ecolon@physics1.howard.edu
Sci Collab   Dr. Raymond P. LeBeau   Univ. Kentucky   rplebeau@engr.uky.edu
Sci Collab   Dr. Adam P. Showman   NASA Ames   showman@humbabe.arc.nasa.gov


Proposal Summary:

We will expand the capabilities of the EPIC atmospheric model and apply the model to the study moist thermodynamics and cloud dynamics on Jupiter and Saturn and the general circulation of Venus and Titan. Model developments will include upgrading to the hybrid isentropic-sigma vertical coordinate, improved moist thermodynamics, and improved subgrid-scale and boundary-layer processes. For Jupiter and Saturn, the main question is how the hydrological cycle influences and interacts with the jets and eddies. For Venus and Titan, the main question is the sensitivity of superrotation to atmospheric structure, topography, forcing, and model resolution.

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