Temperature Structures Associated with Different Components of the Atmospheric Circulation on Tidally Locked Exoplanets

Temperature Distributions on Tidally-locked Hot Exoplanets

Introduction: The discovery of over 250 exoplanets, many of which exist in conditions unlike any Solar System bodies, has motivated researchers to study these planets and place them within the greater context of planetary science. Of these discovered exoplanets, most are massive (Jupiter masses) and orbit very close to the parent-star, with orbital periods on the order of several days [1]. Addi...

Equatorial Superrotation on Tidally Locked Exoplanets

Atmospheric Heat Redistribution and Collapse on Tidally Locked Rocky Planets

Atmospheric collapse is likely to be of fundamental importance to tidally locked rocky exoplanets but remains understudied. Here, general results on the heat transport and stability of tidally locked terrestrial-type atmospheres are reported. First, the problem is modeled with an idealized 3D general circulation model (GCM) with gray gas radiative transfer. It is shown that over a wide range of...

Investigation of the atmospheric circulation anomalies associated with extreme rainfall events over the Coastal West Africa

This study investigates the atmospheric circulation associated with extreme rainfall events over the coastal West Africa. The rainfall data of this study were obtained from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), spanning from 1981 to 2010. The atmospheric datasets were also obtained from the ERA-Interim reanalysis. The study employed the Z-Index to categorize dry and wet years into...

Large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns associated with the occurrence of severe storms Zab basin