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Analytical Solution for Waves in Planets with Atmospheric Superrotation. II. Lamb, Surface, and Centrifugal Waves

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This paper is the second in a two-part study devoted to developing tools for a systematic classification of the wide variety of atmospheric waves expected on slowly rotating planets with atmospheric superrotation. Starting with the primitive equations for a cyclostrophic regime, we have deduced the analytical solution for the possible waves, simultaneously including the effect of the metric terms for the centrifugal force and the meridional shear of the background wind. In those cases where the conditions for the method of the multiple scales in height are met, these wave solutions are also valid when vertical shear of the background wind is present. A total of six types of waves have been found and their properties were characterized in terms of the corresponding dispersion relations and wave structures. In this second part, we study the waves' solutions when several atmospheric approximations are applied: Lamb, surface, and centrifugal waves. Lamb and surface waves are found to be quite similar to those in a geostrophic regime. By contrast, centrifugal waves turn out to be a special case of Rossby waves that arise in atmospheres in cyclostrophic balance. Finally, we use our results to identify the nature of the waves behind atmospheric periodicities found in polar and lower latitudes of Venus's atmosphere.
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hal-01060747 , version 1 (09-07-2020)

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J. Peralta, T. Imamura, P. L. Read, D. Luz, Arianna Piccialli, et al.. Analytical Solution for Waves in Planets with Atmospheric Superrotation. II. Lamb, Surface, and Centrifugal Waves. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 2014, 213 (1), pp.18. ⟨10.1088/0067-0049/213/1/18⟩. ⟨hal-01060747⟩
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