The aftermath of convective events near Jupiter's fastest prograde jet: implications for clouds, dynamics and vertical wind shear
Ramanakumar Sankar,
Chloe Klare,
Csaba Palotai
Abstract:The 24 • N jet borders the North Tropical Belt and North Tropical Zone, and is the fastest prograde jet on Jupiter, reaching speeds above 170 m/s. In this region, observations have shown several periodic convective plumes, likely from latent heat release from water condensation, which affect the cloud and zonal wind structure of the jet. We model this region with the Explicit Planetary hybrid-Isentropic Coordinate model using its active microphysics scheme to study the phenomenology of water and ammonia clouds… Show more
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