Theories for the general circulation of Saturn's atmosphere

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Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985esasp.241...43a&link_type=abstract

In ESA The Atmospheres of Saturn and Titan p 43-52 (SEE N86-28849 19-88)

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Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Models, Saturn Atmosphere, Atmospheric Stratification, Buoyancy, Cassini Mission, Geostrophic Wind, Jet Streams (Meteorology)

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The circulation of Saturn's cloud-top winds is discussed. According to one class of theories, the multiple jet streams are confined to a shallow geostrophic wind layer supported by horizontal gradients in temperature and composition. According to an alternate view the jets extend all the way through the molecular fluid envelope on convectively driven cylinders of motion concentric with the planetary spin axis. Both types of theories require as a starting point assumptions about the buoyancy contrast and eddy fluxes at levels thus far inaccessible to observation. The questions confronted by current theories suggest important reconnaissance objectives for the proposed Cassini mission to Saturn.

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