在天王星和海王星上对喷流的大气限制
Yohai Kaspi1, Adam P Showman, William B Hubbard
1Department for Environmental Sciences and Center for Planetary Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. yohai.kaspi@weizmann.ac.il
Nature
|May 17, 2013
概括
天王星和海王星上的大气动力学局限于一层薄薄的天气层,深度不到1000公里. 重力场测量显示,这些强烈的喷流起源于这些气体巨人的最外层.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 大气动力学 大气动力学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
背景情况:
- 外行星在云层上呈现出强烈的东西喷流.
- 这些大气动态的深度对于理解行星内部和能量来说至关重要.
- 存在两个假设:浅层大气过程与深层内部动态.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定天王星和海王星大气动态的深度.
- 测试有关行星喷流驱动机制的假设.
- 为了利用重力场测量来限制大气模型.
主要方法:
- 对天王星和海王星的第四阶重力波 (J4) 的分析.
- 将重力场数据与行星质量和大气深度的分布联系起来.
- 将观察约束与大气循环的理论模型进行比较.
主要成果:
- 重力场测量将动态限制在天王星质量的最外的0.15%.
- 重力场测量将动态限制在海王星质量的最外围的0.2%.
- 这表明大气动态局限于一个浅层的天气层,大约1000公里深.
结论:
- 对于天王星和海王星来说,产生喷流的深内部动力学假设不太可能.
- 这些冰巨人的大气动力学仅限于薄薄的表面层.
- 重力波为探测巨行星的内部结构和动态提供了一个强大的工具.
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