Dynamics of Jupiter's atmosphere
Abstract
Banded structure: belts and zones, changes in zonal velocity, evidence of upwelling and downwelling; Dicrete features: great red spot, white ovals and other anticyclones, cyclonic features, eddy momentum flux; Temperatures and vertical structure: global temperature variations, thermal waves, vertical structure - winds, temperature; Moist convection and lightning: lightning distribution, convective heat flux and structure of the lightning clouds, energy of lightning flashes, depth of lightning, models of moist convection; Models of the zonal jets: banding controlled in the weather layer, deep winds and stability of the jets, banding controlled in the interior, modes of internal heat transfer, banding controlled by tides, equatorial superrotation; Models of discrete features: stabel vortices, statistical mechanics models, equatorial hot spots and the Galileo probe; Unanswered questions and possible solutions.
- Publication:
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Jupiter. The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere
- Pub Date:
- 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004jpsm.book..105I
- Keywords:
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- Jupiter Atmosphere: Dynamics