Microwave observations reveal the deep extent and structure of Jupiter’s atmospheric vortices

Scott J Bolton; Steven M Levin; Tristan Guillot; Cheng Li; Yohai Kaspi; Glenn Orton; Michael H Wong; Fabiano Oyafuso; Michael Allison; John Arballo; Sushil Atreya; Heidi N Becker; Jeremy Bloxham; Shannon Brown; Leigh N Fletcher; Eli Galanti; Samuel Gulkis; Michael Janssen; Andrew Ingersoll; Jonathan L Lunine; Sidharth Misra; Paul Steffes; David Stevenson; Jack Hunter Waite; Rakesh K Yadav; Zhimeng Zhang

doi:10.1126/science.abf1015

Microwave observations reveal the deep extent and structure of Jupiter’s atmospheric vortices

Scott J Bolton, Steven M Levin, Tristan Guillot, Cheng Li, Yohai Kaspi, Glenn Orton, Michael H Wong, Fabiano Oyafuso, Michael Allison, John Arballo, Sushil Atreya, Heidi N Becker, Jeremy Bloxham, Shannon Brown, Leigh N Fletcher, Eli Galanti, Samuel Gulkis, Michael Janssen, Andrew Ingersoll, Jonathan L LunineSidharth Misra, Paul Steffes, David Stevenson, Jack Hunter Waite, Rakesh K Yadav, Zhimeng Zhang

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Jupiter’s atmosphere has a system of zones and belts punctuated by small and large vortices, the largest being the Great Red Spot. How these features change with depth is unknown, with theories of their structure ranging from shallow meteorological features to surface expressions of deep-seated convection. We present observations of atmospheric vortices using the Juno spacecraft’s Microwave Radiometer. We found vortex roots that extend deeper than the altitude at which water is expected to condense, and we identified density inversion layers. Our results constrain the three-dimensional structure of Jupiter’s vortices and their extension below the clouds.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	968-972
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	374
Issue number	6570
Early online date	28 Oct 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf1015
State	Published - 19 Nov 2021

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Bolton, S. J., Levin, S. M., Guillot, T., Li, C., Kaspi, Y., Orton, G., Wong, M. H., Oyafuso, F., Allison, M., Arballo, J., Atreya, S., Becker, H. N., Bloxham, J., Brown, S., Fletcher, L. N., Galanti, E., Gulkis, S., Janssen, M., Ingersoll, A., ... Zhang, Z. (2021). Microwave observations reveal the deep extent and structure of Jupiter’s atmospheric vortices. Science, 374(6570), 968-972. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf1015

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