| DOI: | 10.1038/s41561-021-00781-6
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| 论文题名: | The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics |
| 作者: | Gavriel N.; Kaspi Y.
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| 刊名: | Nature Geoscience
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| ISSN: | 17520894
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| 出版年: | 2021
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| 卷: | 14, 期:8 | | 起始页码: | 559
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| 结束页码: | 563
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | cyclone
; Jupiter
; Saturn
; vorticity
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| 英文摘要: | 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 background vorticity varies owing to the planetary sphericity and the presence of the polar cyclone. In the zonal direction, the vorticity varies by the presence of adjacent cyclones in the ring. Our analysis successfully predicts the latitude and number of circumpolar cyclones for both poles, according to the size and spin of the respective polar cyclone. Moreover, the analysis successfully predicts that Jupiter can hold circumpolar cyclones, whereas Saturn currently cannot. The match between the theory and observations implies that vortices in the polar regions of the giant planets are largely governed by barotropic dynamics, and that the movement of other vortices at high latitudes is also driven by interaction with the background vorticity. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/169749
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| Appears in Collections: | 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Gavriel N.,Kaspi Y.. The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics[J]. Nature Geoscience,2021-01-01,14(8)
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