Geostrophic regimes, intermediate solitary vortices and Jovian eddies

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Feb 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jats...41..453w&link_type=abstract

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (ISSN 0022-4928), vol. 41, Feb. 15, 1984, p. 453-478.

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Atmospheric Circulation, Geostrophic Wind, Jupiter Atmosphere, Vortices, Anticyclones, Cyclones, Flow Equations, Jupiter Red Spot, Korteweg-Devries Equation, Shear Flow, Jupiter, Eddies, Atmosphere, Dynamics, Vorticies, Motion, Circulation, Great Red Spot, Barotropy, Currents, Zones

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Attention is given to the solitary vortices favored in the Jupiter atmosphere at scales intermediate to those of the quasi-geostrophic and planetary-geostrophic motions. Equations are derived for all forms of geostrophic balance in order to investigate the uniqueness of the intermediate geostrophic (IG) dynamics. Their solutions show that solitary vortices are the intrinsic mode of the divergence-dominated IG-scale motions, and that they maintain their identity over a long period of time, especially when they are of anticyclonic form. The solutions also suggest that Jupiter's Great Red Spot and Large Ovals are IG vortices produced by weakly and moderately unstable zonal currents.

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