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Li et al. 2006

Li, L., A.P. Ingersoll, A.R. Vasavada, A.A. Simon-Miller, A.D. Del Genio, S.P. Ewald, C.C. Porco, and R.A. West, 2006: Vertical wind shear on Jupiter from Cassini images. J. Geophys. Res., 111, E04004, doi:10.1029/2005JE002556.

Multifilter images of Jupiter acquired by the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) are used to derive zonal winds at altitudes above and below the visible cloud deck. Small features unique to the ultraviolet images of ISS are tracked to get the systematic high-altitude zonal winds. Comparison between the zonal winds from ultraviolet images and the vertical profile of zonal winds from the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) shows that the zonal winds from the ultraviolet images are from a pressure level that is ∼0.2 scale heights higher than the pressure level of the zonal winds from continuum-band images. Deeper zonal winds at different latitudes of the equatorial region are measured by tracking cloud features observed within hot spots on continuum-band images. The deeper zonal winds in this study extend the measurement of the Galileo probe to different latitudes of the equatorial region. Comparison between the Galileo probe and this study suggests that these fast-moving clouds within hot spots are deeper than 3 bars and are therefore probably water clouds.

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@article{li05300q,
  author={Li, L. and Ingersoll, A. P. and Vasavada, A. R. and Simon-Miller, A. A. and Del Genio, A. D. and Ewald, S. P. and Porco, C. C. and West, R. A.},
  title={Vertical wind shear on Jupiter from Cassini images},
  year={2006},
  journal={J. Geophys. Res.},
  volume={111},
  pages={E04004},
  doi={10.1029/2005JE002556},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - li05300q
AU  - Li, L.
AU  - Ingersoll, A. P.
AU  - Vasavada, A. R.
AU  - Simon-Miller, A. A.
AU  - Del Genio, A. D.
AU  - Ewald, S. P.
AU  - Porco, C. C.
AU  - West, R. A.
PY  - 2006
TI  - Vertical wind shear on Jupiter from Cassini images
JA  - J. Geophys. Res.
VL  - 111
SP  - E04004
DO  - 10.1029/2005JE002556
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