Planetary Physics

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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

We study the fundamental principles underlying the dynamics of planetary atmospheres using numerical models and laboratory experiments.

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Near infrared map of Australia by Galileo/NIMS

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People

Peter Read

Professor of Physics and Head of AOPP
Pat Irwin

University Lecturer
Neil Bowles

University Lecturer
Simon Calcutt

University Research Lecturer
Leigh Fletcher (FletcherLe)

Glasstone Research Fellow
Joanna Eberhardt

PDRA Extrasolar Planet Atmosphere Studies
Jane Hurley

Post-doctoral Research Associate
James Maddison

Research Assistant
Roland Young

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Hannah Arnold

Graduate Student
Tom Jacoby

DPhil student
Jaemin Lee

Graduate Student
Sam Marshall

Graduate Student
Joao Mendonca

Graduate Student
David Mulholland

Graduate student
Tao Ruan

Graduate student
Judy Simpson

Grad student
Dane Tice

Graduate
Yixiong Wang

DPhil student
Alfonson Pita

Academic Visitor
Steve Lewis

Visitor
Luca Montabone

Academic visitor

Publications

Spatial and temporal variations in Titan's surface temperatures from Cassini CIRS observations
Planetary and Space Science (2011)
V Cottini, CA Nixon, DE Jennings et al.
Investigation of new band parameters with temperature dependence for self-broadened methane gas in the ra...
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 113 (2012) 763-782
N Bowles, R Passmore, K Smith et al.
Investigation of new band parameters with temperature dependence for self-broadened methane gas in the ra...
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2012)
N Bowles, R Passmore, K Smith et al.
Phase synchronization between stratospheric and tropospheric quasi-biennial and semi-annual oscillations
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2012)
PL Read, AA Castrejón-Pita
Further seasonal changes in Uranus' cloud structure observed by Gemini-North and UKIRT
Icarus 218 (2012) 47-55
PGJ Irwin, NA Teanby, GR Davis et al.
Isotopic ratios in titan's methane: Measurements and modeling
Astrophysical Journal 749 (2012)
CA Nixon, B Temelso, S Vinatier et al.
Optimal estimation retrievals of the atmospheric structure and composition of HD189733b from secondary ec...
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2011)
J-M Lee, LN Fletcher, PGJ Irwin
Zonal winds at high latitudes on Venus
Icarus 217 (2012) 629-639
JM Mendonça, PL Read, CF Wilson et al.
Spatial and temporal variations in Titans surface temperatures from Cassini CIRS observations
Planetary and Space Science 60 (2012) 62-71
V Cottini, CA Nixon, DE Jennings et al.
Models of the global cloud structure on Venus derived from Venus Express observations
Icarus 217 (2012) 542-560
JK Barstow, CCC Tsang, CF Wilson et al.
Observations of upper tropospheric acetylene on Saturn
Planetary and Space Science 65 (2012) 21-37
J Hurley, PGJ Irwin, LN Fletcher et al.
Observations of upper tropospheric acetylene on Saturn
Planetary and Space Science (2012)
J Hurley, PGJ Irwin, LN Fletcher et al.
Optimal estimation retrievals of the atmospheric structure and composition of HD189733b from secondary ec...
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 420 (2012) 170-182
J-M Lee, LN Fletcher, PGJ Irwin
Recovery and characterization of Neptunes near-polar stratospheric hot spot
Planetary and Space Science 61 (2012) 161-167
GS Orton, LN Fletcher, J Liu et al.
Sub-millimetre spectroscopy of Saturn's trace gases from Herschel*/SPIRE
Astronomy and Astrophysics 539 (2012)
LN Fletcher, B Swinyard, C Salji et al.
Breakup of liquid filaments.
Phys Rev Lett 108 (2012) 074506-
AA Castrejón-Pita, JR Castrejón-Pita, IM Hutchings
Generation of inertia-gravity waves in the rotating thermal annulus by a localised boundary layer instabi...
GEOPHYS ASTRO FLUID 105 (2011) 161-181
TNL Jacoby, PL Read, PD Williams et al.
Uranus' cloud structure and seasonal variability from Gemini-North and UKIRT observations
ICARUS 212 (2011) 339-350
PGJ Irwin, NA Teanby, GR Davis et al.
Dynamics and circulation regimes of terrestrial planets
PLANET SPACE SCI 59 (2011) 900-914
PL Read
Thermal Structure and Dynamics of Saturn's Northern Springtime Disturbance
Science (2011) 1-5
LN Fletcher, BE Hesman, PGJ Irwin et al.
Asteroid electrostatic instrumentation and modelling
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 301 (2011)
KL Aplin, NE Bowles, E Urbak et al.
Corrigendum to "Breeding and predictability in the baroclinic rotating annulus using a perfect model" pub...
Nonlin. Proc. Geophys. 18 (2011) 359-
RMB Young, PL Read
The atmospheric influence, size and possible asteroidal nature of the July 2009 Jupiter impactor
ICARUS 211 (2011) 587-602
GS Orton, LN Fletcher, CM Lisse et al.
Long-term evolution of the aerosol debris cloud produced by the 2009 impact on Jupiter
Icarus (2011)
A Sánchez-Lavega, GS Orton, R Hueso et al.
The aftermath of the July 2009 impact on Jupiter
ICARUS 211 (2011) 568-586
LN Fletcher, GS Orton, I de Pater et al.
Models of the global cloud structure on Venus derived from Venus Express observations
Icarus (2011)
JK Barstow, CCC Tsang, CF Wilson et al.
THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER
REV GEOPHYS 49 (2011) RG3005
A Petrosyan, B Galperin, SE Larsen et al.
Multispectral imaging observations of Neptune's cloud structure with Gemini-North
Icarus 216 (2011) 141-158
PGJ Irwin, NA Teanby, GR Davis et al.
Erratum to "Flow transitions resembling bifurcations of the logistic map in simulations of the baroclinic...
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena (2011)
RMB Young, PL Read
Erratum: Flow transitions resembling bifurcations of the logistic map in simulations of the baroclinic ro...
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 240 (2011) 1903-1904
RMB Young, PL Read
Saturn's tropospheric composition and clouds from Cassini/VIMS 4.6-5.1 μm nightside spectroscopy
Icarus (2011)
LN Fletcher, KH Baines, TW Momary et al.
Deep winds beneath Saturn's upper clouds from a seasonal long-lived planetary-scale storm
NATURE 475 (2011) 71-74
A Sanchez-Lavega, T del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, R Hueso et al.
Jovian temperature and cloud variability during the 2009-2010 fade of the South Equatorial Belt
ICARUS 213 (2011) 564-580
LN Fletcher, GS Orton, JH Rogers et al.
Equatorial winds on Saturn and the stratospheric oscillation
Nature Geoscience 4 (2011) 750-752
L Li, X Jiang, AP Ingersoll et al.
A laboratory study of global-scale wave interactions in baroclinic flow with topography I
GEOPHYS ASTRO FLUID 105 (2011) 128-160
PL Read, SH Risch
Recovery and characterization of Neptune's near-polar stratospheric hot spot
Planetary and Space Science (2011)
GS Orton, LN Fletcher, J Liu et al.
Long-term evolution of the aerosol debris cloud produced by the 2009 impact on Jupiter
Icarus 214 (2011) 462-476
A Sánchez-Lavega, GS Orton, R Hueso et al.
Scattering particles in nightside limb observations of Venus' upper atmosphere by Venus Express VIRTIS
ICARUS 211 (2011) 51-57
R de Kok, PGJ Irwin, CCC Tsang et al.
A single-scattering approximation for infrared radiative transfer in limb geometry in the Martian atmosph...
J QUANT SPECTROSC RA 112 (2011) 1568-1580
A Kleinbohl, JT Schofield, WA Abdou et al.
Thermal structure and dynamics of Saturn's northern springtime disturbance.
Science 332 (2011) 1413-1417
LN Fletcher, BE Hesman, PG Irwin et al.
Uranus Pathfinder: exploring the origins and evolution of Ice Giant planets
Experimental Astronomy (2011) 1-39
CS Arridge, CB Agnor, N André et al.
Saturn's tropospheric composition and clouds from Cassini/VIMS 4.6-5.1μm nightside spectroscopy
Icarus 214 (2011) 510-533
LN Fletcher, KH Baines, TW Momary et al.
Flow transitions resembling bifurcations of the logistic map in simulations of the baroclinic rotating an...
PHYSICA D-NONLINEAR PHENOMENA 240 (2011) 1903-1904
RMB Young, PL Read
Abundances of Jupiter's trace hydrocarbons from Voyager and Cassini
PLANET SPACE SCI 58 (2010) 1667-1680
CA Nixon, RK Achterberg, PN Romani et al.
Martian atmosphere as observed by VIRTIS-M on Rosetta spacecraft
J GEOPHYS RES-PLANET 115 (2010) E04004
A Coradini, D Grassi, F Capaccioni et al.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment
SPACE SCI REV 150 (2010) 125-160
DA Paige, MC Foote, BT Greenhagen et al.
The lunar reconnaissance orbiter diviner lunar radiometer experiment
Space Science Reviews 150 (2010) 125-160
DA Paige, MC Foote, BT Greenhagen et al.
Effectiveness of stirring measures in an axisymmetric rotating annulus flow
PHYSICA D 239 (2010) 675-683
RJ Keane, PL Read, GP King
Upper limits for undetected trace species in the stratosphere of Titan
FARADAY DISCUSSIONS 147 (2010) 65-81
CA Nixon, RK Achterberg, NA Teanby et al.
Assessing atmospheric predictability on Mars using numerical weather prediction and data assimilation
Q J ROY METEOR SOC 136 (2010) 1614-1635
P Rogberg, PL Read, SR Lewis et al.
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