Dynamics of Saturn's South Polar Vortex

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Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008sci...319.1801d&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 319, Issue 5871, pp. 1801- (2008).

Physics

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We present observations of Saturn's south polar vortex (SPV) showing that it shares some properties with terrestrial hurricanes: cyclonic circulation, warm central region (the eye) surrounded by a ring of high clouds (the eye wall), and convective clouds outside the eye. The polar location and the absence of an ocean are major differences. It also shares properties with the polar vortices on Venus, such as polar location, cyclonic circulation, warm center, and long lifetime, but the Venus vortices have cold collars and are not associated with convective clouds. The SPV's combination of properties is unique among vortices in the solar system.

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