Nonconservation of Ertel potential vorticity in hydrogen atmospheres
The compositions of the atmospheres of the outer planets are dominated by molecular hydrogen. The hydrogen ortho and para forms (proton spins parallel and antiparallel) are observed to have ratios that are not in thermodynamic equilibrium, with spatial variations, probably due to vertical motions th...
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2004
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