Disruption of Saturn’s quasi-periodic equatorial oscillation by the great northern storm
The equatorial middle atmospheres of the Earth 1 , Jupiter 2 and Saturn 3,4 all exhibit a remarkably similar phenomenon-a vertical, cyclic pattern of alternating temperatures and zonal (east-west) wind regimes that propagate slowly downwards with a well-defined multi-year period. Earth's quasi-...
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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