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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Ingersoll, A., Beebe, R., Collins, S. et al. Zonal velocity and texture in the jovian atmosphere inferred from Voyager images. Nature 280, 773–775 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280773a0
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