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Linking Zonal Winds and Gravity II: explaining the equatorially antisymmetric gravity moments of Jupiter
Wieland Dietrich, Paula Wulff, Johannes Wicht +1
The recent gravity field measurements of Jupiter (Juno) and Saturn (Cassini) confirm the existence of deep zonal flows reaching to a depth of 5\% and 15\% of the respective radius.…
Stable stratification promotes multiple zonal jets in a turbulent Jovian dynamo model
T. Gastine, J. Wicht
The ongoing NASA's Juno mission puts new constraints on the internal dynamics of Jupiter. Data gathered by its onboard magnetometer reveal a dipole-dominated surface magnetic field…
Explaining Jupiter's magnetic field and equatorial jet dynamics
T. Gastine, J. Wicht, L. Duarte +2
Spacecraft data reveal a very Earth-like Jovian magnetic field. This is surprising since numerical simulations have shown that the vastly different interiors of terrestrial and gas…
Zonal flow scaling in rapidly-rotating compressible convection
T. Gastine, M. Heimpel, J. Wicht
The surface winds of Jupiter and Saturn are primarily zonal. Each planet exhibits strong prograde equatorial flow flanked by multiple alternating zonal winds at higher latitudes. T…
Zonal flow regimes in rotating anelastic spherical shells: an application to giant planets
T. Gastine, J. Wicht, J. M. Aurnou
The surface zonal winds observed in the giant planets form a complex jet pattern with alternating prograde and retrograde direction. While the main equatorial band is prograde on t…
Effects of compressibility on driving zonal flow in gas giants
T. Gastine, J. Wicht
The banded structures observed on the surfaces of the gas giants are associated with strong zonal winds alternating in direction with latitude. We use three-dimensional numerical s…