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木星上の激しい平流のジェット
F M Flasar1, V G Kunde, R K Achterberg
1NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 693, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA. f.m.flasar@nasa.gov
Nature
|January 9, 2004
まとめ
木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星,木星
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 大気科学 大気科学
- 航空宇宙工学は,航空宇宙工学である.
背景:
- 地球のストラトスフィアは,地球天候に影響を与える準二年振動 (QBO) を表しています.
- 木星の平流層は,同様の温度振動があるかもしれないが,データは限られている.
- 過去の木星の研究では,垂直解像度や風速のデータが欠けていました.
研究 の 目的:
- 木星の平流圏の気温と風を高空間解像度でマッピングする.
- 木星の大気振動を調査する.
- 木星の大気動態と地球のQBOを比較する.
主な方法:
- 木星の平流圏からの赤外線スペクトルの宇宙船の測定.
- 気温と風速のデータを分析する.
- 大気現象の高解像度空間マッピング.
主要な成果:
- 激しい高空赤道ジェットの発見 (約. 140 m/s) である.
- 赤道ジェットの構造における準四年毎の振動の特定.
- 地球に類似した平流層の波動活動の観測.
- 極地熱点の平流圏への浸透のマッピング.
結論:
- 木星の平流圏は,地球のQBOに似た振動と波の活動を含む複雑なダイナミクスを示しています.
- 高解像度のデータは,詳細な大気ジェット構造と相互作用を明らかにします.
- プラズマ環境は木星の上層大気と平流圏に大きな影響を与える.
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