Zonal velocity and texture in the jovian atmosphere inferred from Voyager images
Abstract
Measurements of the latitudinal profile of zonal velocity are used to estimate the absolute vorticity gradient. A classification scheme of small features visible at resolutions of 100 km or better is presented
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- August 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1038/280773a0
- Bibcode:
- 1979Natur.280..773I
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Circulation;
- Image Processing;
- Jupiter Atmosphere;
- Textures;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Jupiter Red Spot;
- Satellite-Borne Photography;
- Vorticity;
- Voyager Project;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration