Clearer circulation on Uranus

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Jan 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987natur.325..197r&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 325, Jan. 15, 1987, p. 197, 198.

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Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Models, Uranus Atmosphere, Voyager Project, Energy Budgets, Planetary Environments, Solar Radiation, Uranus, Atmosphere, Circulation, Voyager 2, Spacecraft Observations, Thermal Properties, Heating, Radiation, Solar Radiation, Diagrams, Latitude, Iris, Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer, Polar Regions, Equatorial Regions, Comparisons, Patterns, Rotation, Motion, Winds

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Discoveries made with the Voyager 2 flyby concerning the atmospheric circulation on Uranus are discussed. The lack of horizontal thermal constrast with latitude is explained in terms of a circulation similar to the Hadley circulation on earth. Uranus appears to be unique in the solar system in possessing a retrograde equatorial jet near the top of its atmosphere. The pattern of zonal winds on Uranus, as on Jupiter and Saturn, decays with height above the visible clouds. The solar-driven component is the dominant energy source driving the upper-level circulation of the atmosphere of Uranus. The entire circulation pattern of Uranus seems to be displaced along the rotation axis toward the (dark) north pole.

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