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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and other vortices.

Marcus, Philip S.·1993·Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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A theoretical explanation of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) as the self-organization of vorticity in turbulence is presented. A number of properties of the GRS and other Jovian vortices that are unambiguous from the data are listed. The simplest possible model that explains these properties one at a time rather than in a difficult all-encompassing planetary global circulation model is presented. It is shown that Jovian vortices reflect the behavior of quasi-geostrophic (QG) vortices embedded in an east-west wind with bands of uniform potential vorticity. It is argued that most of the properties of the Jovian vortices can be easily explained and understood with QG theory. Many of the signatures of QG vortices are apparent on Voyager images. In numerical and laboratory experiments, QG vortices relax to approximately steady states like the Jovian vortices, rather than oscillating or rotating Kida ellipses.

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Authors: Marcus, P. S.
Corresponding author: Marcus, Philip S.
ORCID: Marcus, Philip S.
Venue: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 1993-09
Volume: 31
Issue: 1
Pages: 523-569
ISSN: 0066-4146 (ISSN-L)
1545-4282
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.aa.31.090193.002515
OpenAlex: W2162315233
Cited by: 215
References: 2
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FWCI: 6.59
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (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: Jupiter's Great Red Spot, potential vorticity, turbulent flow, steady state

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