在土星上层云层下面的深风来自一个季节性的长期存在的行星规模风暴
A Sánchez-Lavega1, T del Río-Gaztelurrutia, R Hueso
1Departamento de Física Aplicada I, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad del País Vasco, Alameda Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain. agustin.sanchez@ehu.es
Nature
|July 8, 2011
概括
土星 土星 土星 土星
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 大气动力学 大气动力学
- 流体力学 流体力学 流体力学
背景情况:
- 恒流风暴,包括罕见的大白点,在土星大气中经常发生.
- 以前的模型表明,大白斑是由水诱导的潮湿对流驱动的.
- 有限的数据分辨率阻碍了对全球干扰产生和对土星风的影响的理解.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究土星大气层中大白斑暴风雨的动态.
- 了解行星规模干扰的产生及其对土星风的影响.
- 为了测试对大白斑现象季节性控制的假设.
主要方法:
- 在土星的北度观测到暴风雨.
- 分析两个月的风暴活动.
- 数字模拟用于模拟大气动力学.
主要成果:
- 在北方春季早期,在北度观察到一场风暴,比预期的更早.
- 风暴移动的速度比向西飞行的喷气更快,并引发了整个星球的干扰.
- 干扰环绕土星,但没有显著改变现有的区域风.
- 模拟表明土星的风向大气层深处延伸,至少到水云底部 (10-12巴).
结论:
- 土星的大白斑可能是季节性控制的,但可能比预期的更早发生.
- 这些风暴会产生显著的大气干扰,但不会改变深层区域风.
- 土星的大气风非常深,远远延伸到可见云层以下.
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