Polar vortex formation in giant planet atmospheres under moist convection

A strong cyclonic vortex has been observed on each of Saturn’s poles, coincident with a local maximum in observed tropospheric temperature. Neptune also exhibits a relatively warm, although much more transient, region on its south pole. Whether similar features exist on Jupiter will be resolved by t...

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Main Authors: Emanuel, Kerry Andrew, Flierl, Glenn Richard, O'Neill, Morgan E
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100773
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-2082