On the interaction of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and zonal jet streams

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4432-4444

  Shetty, Sushil ^a   Asay Davis, Xylar S ^b   Marcus, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; JETS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VERTICAL ENTROPY GRADIENT; ZONAL JET STREAMS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

AERODYNAMICS; ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; JETS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

CLOUD COVER; JET STREAM; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 38349182297     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2097.1     Document Type: Article

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