Global dynamics and thermal structure of Jupiter's atmosphere

Details Global dynamics and thermal structure of Jupiter's atmosphere Global dynamics and thermal structure of Jupiter's atmosphere

Mar 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...65..280f&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 65, Feb.-Mar. 1986, p. 280-303.

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Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Temperature, Jupiter Atmosphere, Clouds, Stratosphere, Temperature Distribution, Troposphere, Vertical Distribution, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Jupiter, Atmosphere, Dynamics, Thermal Properties, Structure, Luminosity, Interior, Viscosity, Fluid, Thermal Effects, Turbulence, Visible Light, Convection, Rotation, Temperature, Wavelengths, Angular Momentum, Winds, Corotation, Voyager Missions, Imagery, Transport, Circulation, Eddies, Theoretical Studies, Spacecraft Observations,

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Voyager flyby observations have yielded the first detailed maps of wind and temperature fields in the Jupiter atmosphere; these data indicate that Jupiter's zonal currents violate the barotropic instability criterion if they extend only a few scale heights below the cloud tops. Microwave observations at mm and cm wavelengths have probed the atmosphere down to a level of about 7 bars, thereby constraining horizontal and vertical thermal structure in a region of the atmosphere about which little was known. Temporal variations in the temperature field suggest that dynamical processes may be important in the establishment of tropopause structure on short time scales. Ground-based and Voyager observations have also indicated a hemispheric asymmetry in temperature in the upper stratosphere.

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