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Strong resemblance between surface and deep zonal winds inside Jupiter revealed by high-degree gravity moments
Hao Cao, Jeremy Bloxham, Ryan S. Park +5
Jupiter's atmosphere-interior is a coupled fluid dynamical system strongly influenced by the rapid background rotation. While the visible atmosphere features east-west zonal winds…
astro-ph.EP2023
On the hypothesis of an inverted Z-gradient inside Jupiter
Saburo Howard, Tristan Guillot, Steve Markham +6
Models of Jupiter s interior struggle to agree with measurements of the atmospheric composition. Interior models favour a subsolar or solar abundance of heavy elements Z while atmo…