A critical review on the dynamics of Jovian atmospheres
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
- Vol. 4 (2) , 287-297
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.166008
Abstract
Some basic theoretical issues of the Jovian atmospheric dynamics are discussed. Those include the depth of the motions, thermal convection both with deep and shallow configurations, the two-dimensional turbulence theory and its relevance. The refractive index analysis is suggested to interpret the coherent structures like Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in terms of Charney–Drazin constraint based on the observations. A possibility of Jovian data assimilation is proposed as a future direction.Keywords
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