EPSC Abstracts
Vol. 19, EPSC2026-927, 2026, updated on 02 Jul 2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2026-927
Europlanet Science Congress 2026
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Oral |
Monday, 07 Sep, 09:24–09:36 (CEST)| Room Jupiter (Jazz 1 & 2)
Jupiter's sheared atmosphere
- CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France (tristan.guillot@oca.eu)
Jupiter's visible zonal winds reach 140 m/s near the equator. Thanks to Juno gravity measurements, we know that they extend to about 3000 km, on cylinders. I will show that this leads to considerable shear, accounting for some of the main features of its atmosphere, namely the absence of storms in the equatorial region and conversely the intense lightning seen at higher latitudes by Juno's MWR instrument.
How to cite: Guillot, T.: Jupiter's sheared atmosphere, Europlanet Science Congress 2026, The Hague, The Netherlands, 7–11 Sep 2026, EPSC2026-927, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2026-927, 2026.
