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On the global circulation and the hurricane system of the jovian atmosphere
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Harris, I. Meada, K. Mayr, H. G. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | An argument is made to support the proposal that Jupiter's red spot and the white and brown ovals are hurricanes or cyclones. Against the background of a convectively unstable troposphere, the general condition exists for the formation of hurricanes. The energy Jupiter emits must be transported upwards through the troposphere. If that transport is accelerated by the prevailing upward motions in the solar driven multicellular meridional circulation, eastward jets develop such as observed in the l region. But if that vertical transport is impeded by the prevailing downward motions in the meridional circulation, the atmosphere reacts and tends to maintain the process through the development of hurricanes. Dynamically induced by solar differential heating, an ordered latitudinal structure with alternating stability and instability is impressed on the troposphere to form alternating zonal strata where hurricanes are forbidden and permitted, respectively. |
| File Size | 1045915 |
| Page Count | 22 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820005161 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9q28qz8m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Atmospheric Circulation Temperature Distribution Troposphere Jupiter Atmosphere Jupiter Red Spot Adiabatic Conditions Hurricanes Solar Heating Convection Equatorial Atmosphere Altitude Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
