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Published August 30, 1979 | public
Journal Article

Zonal velocity and texture in the jovian atmosphere inferred from Voyager images

Abstract

Measurements of the latitudinal profile of zonal velocity are used to estimate the absolute vorticity gradient. A classification scheme of small features visible at resolutions of 100 km or better is presented.

Additional Information

© 1979 Macmillan Journals Ltd. Received 16 July; accepted 27 July 1979. We thank the members of JPL's Image Processing Laboratory, particularly Glenn Garneau, Paul Jepsen and Gary Yagi for their assistance.

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