TY - JOUR
T1 - A high-resolution, three-dimensional model of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
AU - Cho, James Y-K
AU - de la Torre Juárez, Manuel
AU - Ingersoll, Andrew P
AU - Dritschel, David Gerard
PY - 2001/3/25
Y1 - 2001/3/25
N2 - The turbulent flow at the periphery of the Great Red Spot (GRS) contains many fine-scale filamentary structures, while the more quiescent core: bounded by a narrow high-velocity ring, exhibits organized, possibly counterrotating, motion. Past studies have neither been able to capture this complexity nor adequately study the effects of vertical stratification L-R(z) on the GRS. We present results from a series of high-resolution, three-dimensional simulations that advect the dynamical tracer, potential vorticity. The detailed flow is successfully captured with a characteristic value of L-R approximate to 2000 km, independent of the precise vertical stratification profile.
AB - The turbulent flow at the periphery of the Great Red Spot (GRS) contains many fine-scale filamentary structures, while the more quiescent core: bounded by a narrow high-velocity ring, exhibits organized, possibly counterrotating, motion. Past studies have neither been able to capture this complexity nor adequately study the effects of vertical stratification L-R(z) on the GRS. We present results from a series of high-resolution, three-dimensional simulations that advect the dynamical tracer, potential vorticity. The detailed flow is successfully captured with a characteristic value of L-R approximate to 2000 km, independent of the precise vertical stratification profile.
KW - NUMERICAL-SIMULATION
KW - POTENTIAL VORTICITY
KW - OUTER PLANETS
KW - ATMOSPHERE
KW - FLOW
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U2 - 10.1029/2000JE001287
DO - 10.1029/2000JE001287
M3 - Article
SN - 0148-0227
VL - 106
SP - 5099
EP - 5105
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research
IS - E3
ER -