Nature 280, 773 - 775 (30 August 1979); doi:10.1038/280773a0

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

A. P. Ingersoll^*, R. F. Beebe^†, S. A. Collins^‡, G. E. Hunt^§, J. L. Mitchell^‡, P. Muller^§, B. A. Smith & R. J. Terrile^‡

^*Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125
^†Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003
^‡Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91103
^§University College London, London WC1, UK
Department of Plantary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721

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

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