1. The Interplay Between a Hot Jupiter's Thermal Evolution and its Atmospheric Circulation Emily Rauscher 1,2 Adam Showman 1 1 University of Arizona 2 NASA Sagan Fellow

2. The radiative-convective boundary and the cooling rate Guillot & Showman (2002) 9/13/11Rauscher Arras & Bildsten (2006)

3. Downward transport of kinetic energy? Showman & Guillot (2002) 9/13/11Rauscher Efficiency = (downward KE)/(incident flux) ≈ 1%

4. same dynamics as Rauscher & Menou 2010, new radiative transfer 9/13/11Rauscher

5. The code 9/13/11Rauscher Rauscher & Menou, in prep Double-gray

6. 9/13/11Rauscher The code 9/13/11Rauscher Rauscher & Menou, in prep Double-gray Infrared absorption coefficient increases with pressure

7. 9/13/11Rauscher The code 9/13/11Rauscher Rauscher & Menou, in prep Double-gray Infrared absorption coefficient increases with pressure At high optical depths transition to diffusion approximation for radiative flux

8. 9/13/11Rauscher The code Rauscher & Menou, in prep analytic solution from Guillot (2010), see also Hansen (2008)

9. A range of internal heat fluxes Globally averaged profiles P RCB at 130, 50, and 20 bar. 9/13/11Rauscher Sub- and anti-stellar profiles

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11. Average wind speeds 9/13/11Rauscher Preliminary

12. Zonal wind structure 9/13/11Rauscher T int =125 KT int =350 KT int =500 K T int =2000 KT int =1000 KT int =1410 K Preliminary

13. Temperature and wind maps at 1 bar 9/13/11Rauscher Preliminary T int =1000 KT int =1410 KT int =2000 K T int =125 K

14. T int =1000 KT int =1410 KT int =2000 K Temperature and wind maps at 150 bar 9/13/11Rauscher T int =500 K Preliminary

15. 2-D radiative-convective boundary 9/13/11Rauscher P RCB,min = 75 barP RCB,min = 13 bar P RCB,min = 9 bar T int =1000 KT int =1410 K T int =2000 K Preliminary

16. Efficiency of downward transport of E 9/13/11Rauscher Preliminary downward kinetic energy incident stellar heating =

17. Summary We see changes in the circulation across a range of internal heat fluxes The location of the radiative-convective boundary is 2-D and complex (and requires further analysis) The (preliminary) efficiencies we are finding are low, < 0.12% 9/13/11Rauscher