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Ferrel-Like Cells at Jupiter
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Ferrel-Like Cells at Jupiter

This animation depicts Jupiter's atmospheric circulation cells (airflow circulation cells that flow in the north-south, up-down plane) beneath the clouds. The Ferrel-like circulation cells governing the midlatitudes (blue) are uniform in the zonal direction. The white arrows in the east-west direction (the current view is from east looking west), each bisecting a cell, represent the alternating jet streams. The atmospheric circulation pattern sheds light on the unseen flow structure beneath Jupiter's clouds and greatly impacts our understanding of the Jovian atmosphere. Movie available at https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25086

Date
2022-01-20
Photographer / author
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI
Collection
JPL
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
illustration (NASA artwork)

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"Ferrel-Like Cells at Jupiter" (2022-01-20). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA25086

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