Spatial distribution of visible lightning on Jupiter

Details Spatial distribution of visible lightning on Jupiter Spatial distribution of visible lightning on Jupiter

Jan 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991natur.349..311m&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 349, Jan. 24, 1991, p. 311-313. Research supported by NASA.

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Atmospheric Moisture, Jupiter Atmosphere, Lightning, Spatial Distribution, Atmospheric Turbulence, Convection Currents, Imaging Techniques, Planetary Limb, Voyager 1 Spacecraft

Scientific paper

An analysis of Voyager images of Jupiter is used to evaluate the horizontal spatial distribution of visible lightning over most of one hemisphere. Essentially all the detectable activity is confined to very narrow latitude bands at 13.5 N and 49 N. The active regions at 49 N are the brightest, most numerous, and periodic in longitude. Activity at this latitude is long-lived and is most likely associated with moist convective regions deep in Jupiter's atmosphere. The longitudinal periodicity of the lightning storms may represent the effects of a planetary scale atmospheric wave trapped at the depth of the moist convection.

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