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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and other vortices.

Marcus, Philip S.·1993·Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
DOI 10.1146/annurev.aa.31.090193.002515
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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
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 10
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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