The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics
@article{Gavriel2021TheNA, title={The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics}, author={Nimrod Gavriel and Yohai Kaspi}, journal={Nature Geoscience}, year={2021}, volume={14}, pages={559 - 563} }
The Juno mission observed that both poles of Jupiter have polar cyclones that are surrounded by a ring of circumpolar cyclones (CPCs). The north pole holds eight CPCs and the south pole possesses five, with both circumpolar rings positioned along latitude ~84° N/S. Here we explain the location, stability and number of the Jovian CPCs by establishing the primary forces that act on them, which develop because of vorticity gradients in the background of a cyclone. In the meridional direction, the…
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