Instability of Zonal Flows in Rotating S
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Johannes Wicht; Chris A. Jones; Keke Zhang
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Measurements from the Galileo probe suggest that the zonal winds are deep rooted. Jupiter's high rotation rate makes it likely that the whole outer molecular H/He layer is involved in these longlived jet flows. Assuming that the primary flows are geostrophic, and that the banded surface structure st