Planetary Atmospheres as Non-Equilibrium Condensed Matter
J. B. Marston
TL;DR
This paper explores planetary atmospheres through the lens of condensed matter physics, using statistical mechanics to analyze their circulation models and highlight their similarities to condensed matter systems.
Contribution
It introduces a novel perspective by applying condensed matter physics concepts to planetary atmospheres and employs statistical mechanics to analyze simplified circulation models.
Findings
Atmospheres exhibit phenomena similar to condensed matter systems.
Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics effectively describe atmospheric models.
Simplified models reveal fundamental circulation physics.
Abstract
Planetary atmospheres, and models of them, are discussed from the viewpoint of condensed matter physics. Atmospheres are a form of condensed matter, and many interesting phenomena of condensed matter systems are realized by them. The essential physics of the general circulation is illustrated with idealized 2-layer and 1-layer models of the atmosphere. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics are used to directly ascertain the statistics of these models.
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