Vortex street dynamics: The selection mechanism for the areas and locations of Jupiter's vortices

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1318-1333

  Humphreys, Tom ^a   Marcus, Philip S ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HAMILTONIANS; STORMS;

AMBIENT JOVIAN TURBULENCE; JOVIAN VORTEX STREETS (JVSS);

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HAMILTONIANS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTICYCLONE; DISSIPATION; JET STREAM; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34247584584     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3882.1     Document Type: Article

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