Merging of vortices in the atmosphere of Jupiter - an analysis of Voyager images

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Mar 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...65..353m&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 65, Feb.-Mar. 1986, p. 353-369.

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Atmospheric Circulation, Jupiter Atmosphere, Satellite Imagery, Vortices, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Anticyclones, Cyclones, Filaments, Image Analysis, Jupiter, Atmosphere, Voyager 2, Analysis, Interactions, Circulation, Collisions, Source, Formation, Shape, Size, Spacecraft Observations

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The authors have studied interactions between stable oval structures (spots) using the Voyager 2 cylindrical projection mosaics. In contrast with the solitary wave type of interaction, collisions between spots are irreversible. Most interactions (23 out of 27 cases) lead to merging of the two original spots. The other type of interaction (4 out of 27 cases) is simply a near miss - the spots pass around each other. Interactions of spots with filamentary regions, which are actively changing and more amorphous than spots, usually lead to the disappearance of the spot. Filamentary regions are also the major source of spots.

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