An Explanation of the Persistence of the Great Red SPOT of Jupiter
Abstract
An argument is given basing the persistence of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter on compensation of the natural decay of vorticity by collision with a portion of the vortices shed by the South boundary of the South Tropical Zone. The latter are deviated northward by Coriolis acceleration. The GRS itself is regarded as a Rankine vortex with a central depression revealing the coloration of a layer below.
- Publication:
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Moon and Planets
- Pub Date:
- February 1982
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1982M&P....26..105K
- Keywords:
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- Jupiter Atmosphere;
- Jupiter Red Spot;
- Coriolis Effect;
- Vortex Shedding;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration; Jupiter