RATTLING JET STREAM ON JUPITER
New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere and influences the weather.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
- Tom Bridgman (GST)
- Trent L. Schindler (USRA)
Video editor
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
Scientists
- Amy A. Simon (NASA/GSFC)
- David Choi (Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU))
Interviewees
- Amy A. Simon (NASA/GSFC)
- David Choi (Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU))
Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
Videographer
- Rob Andreoli (AIMM)
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Datasets used in this visualization
Cassini Cassini/Jupiter imagery (Collected with the Imaging Science Subsystem sensor)
Cassini/Jupiter imagery
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