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Jets and Superrotation in Deep and Shallow Planetary Atmospheres
Geoffrey K Vallis, Loren I. Matilsky, Quentin Nicolas
Zonal flows in planetary atmospheres are ubiquitous, and nearly all the planets in the Solar System have flows that are zonally rather than meridionally aligned. \textit{Jets,} whi…
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Superrotation and Jet Migration in Simulations of Jupiter's Convective Zone and Weather Layer
Loren Matilsky, Geoffrey Vallis, Matthew Browning +1
The mean zonal flow observed on Jupiter consists of an intricate pattern of jets, or bands of zonal flow moving prograde or retrograde compared to the bulk planetary rotation. The…