Jupiter's Great Red Spot: A Free Atmospheric Vortex?
- 28 December 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 182 (4119) , 1346-1348
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.182.4119.1346
Abstract
A simple hydrodynamic model yields steady-state solutions with many of the properties of the Great Red Spot and the neighboring belts and zones of Jupiter. No special forcing mechanism is necessary to maintain the circulation of the Spot. This is consistent with observations which indicate that the Great Red Spot and the zones have similar dynamic properties.Keywords
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