What is it about?
Every aspect of weather is affected by moist processes, particularly those associated with clouds and precipitation. This article describes the addition of realistic water and ammonia clouds and precipitation in the EPIC atmospheric model, for application to Jupiter and Saturn.
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Why is it important?
The latent heat of water is a primary driver of weather in the atmospheres of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn. Moist processes are much more complicated than dry processes, and accurately modeling them for Jupiter and Saturn allows the leverage of comparative planetology to reveal fundamental processes at work.
Perspectives
There are now several realistic models for the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, and many of these include clouds. We are a leading group in the field: most, if not all, of these cloud schemes either follow this work, or opt for a less accurate approach.
Professor Timothy E. Dowling
University of Louisville
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This page is a summary of: Addition of water and ammonia cloud microphysics to the EPIC model, Icarus, March 2008, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.10.025.
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