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Turbulent convection in rapidly rotating spherical shells: A model for equatorial and high latitude jets on Jupiter and Saturn
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“This is likely driven by the topographical β effect, due to the spherical shell geometry, which is stronger near the equator, promoting strong axisymmetric jets, while, at higher latitudes, the β -effect decreases and the system approaches a rotating plane layer where the formation of giant vortices is favored”
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“the number and the widths of the zonal jets are likely determined by the zonal flow strength and the topographic β effect [26].”
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“For example, deep-flow models that posit intrinsic heat fluxes as the sole driver of the flow can generate equatorial superrotation, but they use heat fluxes more than 10 6 times larger than those observed (e.g., Heimpel and Aurnou 2007).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Heimpel, M., & Aurnou, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Heimpel, Moritz
- Venue
- Icarus
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-04
- Volume
- 187
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 540-557
- ISSN
- 0019-1035 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2018072329
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 3.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- escholarship.org
- Locations
- Icarus (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Astro and Planetary Science
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Keywords
- zonal jets, turbulent convection, Jupiter, Saturn, equatorial jet, geostrophic turbulence, tangent cylinder, beta parameter, jet width, planetary interiors
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