Planets and Moons  ID: 10927

RATTLING JET STREAM ON JUPITER

Released on March 13, 2012
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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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Movie of the chevrons (dark v-shaped clouds) in Jupiter's south equatorial region, created from still images taken by the Cassini spacecraft in late 2000. The north-south meanderings of the chevrons reveal the presence of large-scale Rossby waves in Jupiter's jet streams.

 

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Jupiter Quasi-Quadrennial Oscillation
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Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Ernie Wright (USRA): Animator
Trent L. Schindler (USRA): Animator
Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Video Editor
Amy A. Simon (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
David Choi (Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)): Interviewee
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer
Amy A. Simon (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
David Choi (Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)): Scientist
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
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Data Used:
Cassini/Imaging Science Subsystem also referred to as: Cassini/Jupiter imagery
Mosaic - Cassini Imagery/Central Laboratory for OPerations - October 2000 - December 2000
Cassini/Jupiter imagery
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G2012-013 -- Jupiter Weather

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Jupiter
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Cyclones
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Pressure >> Anticyclones/Cyclones
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> Cassini
SVS >> Jupiter >> Great Red Spot
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Jet Stream
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Ocean Waves >> Rossby/planetary Waves

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0