Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 2006
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HST Proposal ID #11310. Cycle 15
Computer Science
Scientific paper
A unique and huge disturbance started at the end of March 2007 in the strongest Jovian atmospheric jet at 24deg N with the eruption of two bright plumes followed by a dark albedo turbulent pattern which fully changed the jet structure and the belt/zone pattern at this latitude. This kind of disturbance is rare in Jupiter, the last one was observed in 1990 but only at low resolution. Up to now we have studied the 2007 event using a battery of ground-based instrumentation with visible and infrared wavelength coverage, and after 40 days of development, the two plumes have extinguished whereas the disturbance has fully encircled the planet, forming a new dark belt. We have HST WFPC2 high resolution images of the belt/jet structure at 24deg N before the eruption. Those images were taken in January and February 2007 to support the New Horizons flyby, and now we require new observations of the new belt and jet following the disturbance, to compare both stages and determine its action on the jet wind profile and belt/zone cloud vertical structure. This comparison will provide for the first time valuable information on the maintenance, variability and origin of Jupiter jets and cloud banding.;
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