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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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100773 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3589-5249 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-2082 |