Weak Jets and Strong Cyclones: Shallow-Water Modeling of Giant Planet Polar Caps
Giant planet tropospheres lack a solid, frictional bottom boundary. The troposphere instead smoothly transitions to a denser fluid interior below. However, Saturn exhibits a hot, symmetric cyclone centered directly on each pole, bearing many similarities to terrestrial hurricanes. Transient cyclonic...
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American Meteorological Society,
2018-04-05T15:46:22Z.
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