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Weather On Other Planets

Sometimes it's good to see how other folks (or other planets) do it. Here are some websites that explain what the weather is like on other worlds in our solar system.

From hurricanes the size of a moon to the methane rains of Titan things can get pretty hairy out there.

JPL low level description

NASA site at a bit higher level.

Nice video at this site.

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Adam Frank was a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. A professor at the University of Rochester, Frank is a theoretical/computational astrophysicist and currently heads a research group developing supercomputer code to study the formation and death of stars. Frank's research has also explored the evolution of newly born planets and the structure of clouds in the interstellar medium. Recently, he has begun work in the fields of astrobiology and network theory/data science. Frank also holds a joint appointment at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, a Department of Energy fusion lab.