Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981stin...8213034m&link_type=abstract
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Physics
Atmospheric Circulation, Equatorial Atmosphere, Hurricanes, Jupiter Atmosphere, Jupiter Red Spot, Adiabatic Conditions, Altitude, Convection, Solar Heating, Temperature Distribution, Troposphere
Scientific paper
An argument is made to support the proposal that Jupiter's red spot and the white and brown ovals are hurricanes or cyclones. Against the background of a convectively unstable troposphere, the general condition exists for the formation of hurricanes. The energy Jupiter emits must be transported upwards through the troposphere. If that transport is accelerated by the prevailing upward motions in the solar driven multicellular meridional circulation, eastward jets develop such as observed in the l region. But if that vertical transport is impeded by the prevailing downward motions in the meridional circulation, the atmosphere reacts and tends to maintain the process through the development of hurricanes. Dynamically induced by solar differential heating, an ordered latitudinal structure with alternating stability and instability is impressed on the troposphere to form alternating zonal strata where hurricanes are forbidden and permitted, respectively.
Harris Isadore
Mayr Hans G.
Meada K.
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