@article{4c4b1f539af04c0b9d9b36037cb2e511,
title = "Galileo probe interpretation indicating a neutrally stable layer in the Jovian troposphere",
abstract = "The sole in situ measurement of a giant planet atmosphere comes from the Galileo probe, which plunged through Jupiter's weather layer at 6.5°N and measured a remarkably stable atmospheric temperature profile. Horizontal winds were observed to substantially increase from 1 to 3 bars, in a region of relatively low static stability. We show that this high-shear region indicates the best possibility of zero potential vorticity and resulting slantwise convection and suggest that the fluid here could potentially be adiabatic. We generalize an expression to determine lapse rates along constant angular momentum surfaces for deep atmospheres at any latitude.",
author = "O'Neill, \{Morgan E\} and Yohai Kaspi and Fletcher, \{Leigh N.\}",
note = "Israeli Ministry of Science; Minerva Foundation; Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) Helen C. Kimmel Center for Planetary Science; WIS Koshland Postdoctoral Fellowship; Royal Society Research Fellowship at the University of LeicesterThe authors appreciate helpful conversations with Andy Ingersoll, Michael Allison, Sushil Atreya, Glenn Flierl, and Kerry Emanuel. M.O'N. and Y.K. gratefully acknowledge support from the Israeli Ministry of Science, the Minerva Foundation, and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) Helen C. Kimmel Center for Planetary Science. M.O'N. was also supported by the WIS Koshland Postdoctoral Fellowship. L.N.F. was supported by a Royal Society Research Fellowship at the University of Leicester. Wind, pressure, gravity, and altitude data from NASA's Galileo Probe Doppler Wind Experiment were retrieved from http://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/PDS/data/gp\_0001/data/dwe, from the Atmospheric Structure Instrument (http://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/PDS/data/gp\_0001/data/dwe/asi4atm.lbl), and other data used are available from the references below. The authors appreciate helpful conversations with Andy Ingersoll, Michael Allison, Sushil Atreya, Glenn Flierl, and Kerry Emanuel. M.O'N. and Y.K. gratefully acknowledge support from the Israeli Ministry of Science, the Minerva Foundation, and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) Helen C. Kimmel Center for Planetary Science. M.O'N. was also supported by the WIS Koshland Postdoctoral Fellowship. L.N.F. was supported by a Royal Society Research Fellowship at the University of Leicester. Wind, pressure, gravity, and altitude data from NASA's Galileo Probe Doppler Wind Experiment were retrieved from http://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/PDS/data/gp\_0001/data/dwe, from the Atmospheric Structure Instrument (http://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/PDS/data/gp\_0001/data/dwe/asi4atm.lbl), and other data used are available from the references below.",
year = "2017",
month = may,
day = "16",
doi = "10.1002/2017GL073305",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
volume = "44",
pages = "4008--4017",
journal = "Geophysical Research Letters",
issn = "0094-8276",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
number = "9",
}