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 |
Signature | Date |
_____________________________________ | ____________ |
Co-Investigators and Collaborators: | |||
Type | Name | Affiliation | |
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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