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Table A.2
List of variables involved in the thermal plume model implemented in the Jupiter-DYNAMICO simulations described in this paper. The values given for the parameters are those that were retained after the one-dimensional sensitivity study described in section 3.
| Input variables | ||
| p | Pa | Pressure |
| T | K | Temperature |
| u | m s−1 | Zonal wind |
| υ | m s−1 | Latitudinal wind |
| q | kg/kg | Tracers mass mixing ration |
| Output variables | ||
| B | m s−2 | Buoyancy |
| w | m s−1 | Vertical speed of the plume |
| f | kg m−2 s−1 | Vertical mass flux in the plume |
| e | kg m−3 s−1 | Entrainment |
| d | kg m−3 s−1 | Detrainment |
| α | - | Updraft fraction, α ∈ [0; 1[ |
| dT | K | Temperature variation |
| du | m s−1 | Zonal wind variation |
| dυ | m s−1 | Latitudinal wind variation |
| dq | kg/kg | Tracers mass mixing ratio variation |
| Free parameters | ||
| r | 2 | Convective cell aspect ratio (width/height) |
| a | 0.9 | Buoyancy coefficient, α ∈ ]0; 1] |
| b | m−1 | Fluid friction factor, b ≥ 0 |
| β | 0.9 | Horizontal mixing parameter, β ∈ [0; 1] |
| v | 0 m−1 | Minimal mass flux, v ≥ 0 |
| Validity domain setting parameters | ||
| αmax | 0.7 | Maximal updraft fraction, αmax ∈ ]0; 1[ |
| μmax | 0.5 | Maximal layer mass fraction which can be carried away in a single time step, μmax ∈ ]0; 1[ |
| plim | 105 Pa | Minimal layer pressure where a plume may be triggered |
| linf | 1 | Minimal layer index where a plume may be triggered |
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