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The Morphogenesis of Bands and Zonal Winds in the Atmospheres on the Giant Outer Planets
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The atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were modeled as shallow layers of turbulent fluid overlying a smooth, spherical interior. With only the observed values of radius, rotation rate, average wind velocity, and mean layer thickness as model parameters, bands and jets spontaneously emerged from random initial conditions. The number, width, and amplitude of the jets, as well as the dominance of anticyclonic vortices, are in good agreement with observations for all four planets.
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“on one hand, the alternating jets on gas giant planets are 'shallow', existing above 10 bars or so [15-17]; on the other hand, zonal jets are 'deep', extending to tens of thousands of bars [18-22].”
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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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Metadata
- Authors
- Cho, J. Y.-K., & Polvani, L. M.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1996-07-19
- Volume
- 273
- Issue
- 5273
- Pages
- 335-337
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2014901376
- Cited by
- 131
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 10 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 5.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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 › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Keywords
- giant planet atmospheres, zonal jets, jet stream, atmospheric bands, morphogenesis, spontaneous pattern formation, anticyclonic vortices, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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