Jupiter's Great Red Spot and other vortices.
Abstract
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The weather layer. 3. Quasi-geostrophic approximation. 4. Finite Lr: slowly rotating vortex centers. 5. QG vortices go with the flow. 6. Breaking prograde/adverse degeneracy. 7. Vortex merger. 8. Vortex size. 9. Finite Lr: smaller overflows. 10. Direction of vortex overflow, v¯(y), and multiple vortices. 11. Velocity data. 12. Conclusions.
- Publication:
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1146/annurev.aa.31.090193.002515
- Bibcode:
- 1993ARA&A..31..523M
- Keywords:
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- Jupiter Atmosphere;
- Jupiter Red Spot;
- Vortices;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Planetary Meteorology;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration