Lorenzo M. Polvani coauthored work with Adam P. Showman explaining equatorial superrotation on tidally locked planets. Their models connect day-night forcing, planetary waves and mean-flow angular-momentum transport.[ref]
Equatorial superrotation on tidally locked exoplanets by Adam P. Showman and Lorenzo M. Polvani. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
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