Jovian meteorology from Voyager 1: A diagnostic assessment of zonal thermal winds from Iris data

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dc.contributor.advisorChamberlain, Joseph W.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFew, Arthur A.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTalbot, Raymond J.en_US
dc.creatorAllison, Michael Daviden_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:17:30Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:17:30Zen_US
dc.date.issued1980en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Voyager 1 near-encounter infrared data for Jupiter's atmosphere yield a measure of the temperature as a function of latitude and pressure level. These measurements are applied to the computation of the zonal thermal wind field above the cloud deck. The results are compared with the imaging measurements of the zonal winds at the cloud level and tentatively suggest that the thermal field is correlated with the jet stream system and in the sense required to reduce the strength of the jets with height. The possible dynamical implications of certain discrepancies in this picture are discussed. Also the variation of the standard deviation of the tropospheric temperature with latitude is discussed as a possible diagnostic indicator, of meridional momentum flux.en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent79 ppen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Sp. Sci. 1980 Allisonen_US
dc.identifier.citationAllison, Michael David. "Jovian meteorology from Voyager 1: A diagnostic assessment of zonal thermal winds from Iris data." (1980) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104107">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104107</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE1734en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104107en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleJovian meteorology from Voyager 1: A diagnostic assessment of zonal thermal winds from Iris dataen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentSpace Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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