Allison et al. 1990
Allison, M., D.A Godfrey, and R.F. Beebe, 1990: A wave dynamical interpretation of Saturn's polar hexagon. Science, 247, 1061-1063, doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1061.
The hexagonal, pole-centered cloud feature in Saturn's northern atmosphere, as revealed in Voyager close-encounter imaging mosaics, may be interpreted as a stationary Rossby wave. The wave is embedded within a sharply peaked eastward jet (of 100 meters per second) and appears to be perturbed by at least one anticyclonic oval vortex immediately to the south. The effectively exact observational determination of the horizontal wave number and phase speed, applied to a simple model dispersion relation, suggests that the wave is vertically trapped and provides a diagnostic template for further modeling of the deep atmospheric stratification.
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Allison, M., Godfrey, D.A, and Beebe, R.F.: A wave dynamical interpretation of Saturn's polar hexagon, Science, 247, 1061-1063, doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1061, 1990.
Allison, M., D.A Godfrey, and R.F. Beebe (1990), A wave dynamical interpretation of Saturn's polar hexagon, Science, 247, 1061-1063, doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1061.
Allison, M., D.A Godfrey, and R.F. Beebe, 1990: A wave dynamical interpretation of Saturn's polar hexagon. Science, 247, 1061-1063, doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1061.
Allison, M., Godfrey, D.A, & Beebe, R.F. 1990, Science, 247, 1061, doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1061.
Allison M, Godfrey DA, Beebe RF. A wave dynamical interpretation of Saturn's polar hexagon, Science 1990;247:1061-1063. doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1061.
M. Allison, D.A Godfrey, R.F. Beebe, Science 247, 1061-1063, doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1061 (1990).
