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Hatzes, A., Wenkert, D.D., Ingersoll, A.P. and Danielson, G.E. (1981). Oscillations and velocity structure of a long-lived cyclonic spot. Journal of Geophysical Research 86: doi: 10.1029/JA080i010p08745. issn: 0148-0227. |
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Dark brown cyclonic spots ('barges') at 14 ¿ were studied by using Voyager 1 and 2 images of Jupiter. Movie sequences were made to study the spots' behavior over intervals of 50 days and longer. These movies revelaed that the length and width vary by ¿9% with a period of about 15 days, while the area remains approximately constant. The horizontal velocity field was investigated for an interval of about 1 day. Flow around the largest barge (feature 6) occurs as a ring current. The vorticity inferred is about 2 1/2 times that of the ambient cyclonic zonal circulation, and about one-half the value of the local planetary vorticity. Length and width variations appear to be associated with a nonzero horizontal divergence field. If the oscillations are a natural mode of the system, the 15-day period will provide an important datum for testing models of stable closed vortices. |
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