Thermal Images Reveal Details About Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 17:42
in Physics & Chemistry
New Thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before, enabling scientists to make the first detailed interior weather map of the giant storm system linking its temperature, winds, pressure and composition with its color. “This is the first time we can say that there’s an intimate link between environmental conditions — temperature, winds, pressure and composition — and the actual color of the Great Red Spot,” says Leigh Fletcher, lead author of the study in Icarus which documents the results. read more
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