A Mysterious Hexagonal Cloud System on Saturn
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Well, I'm sure just a moment's thought will lead you all to see that the hexagonal, pole-centered cloud feature in Saturn's northern atmosphere, as revealed in Voyager close-encounter imaging mosaics, may be interpreted as a stationary Rossby wave. The wave is embedded within a sharply peaked eastward jet (of 100 meters per second) and appears to be perturbed by at least one anticyclonic oval vortex immediately to the south. The effectively exact observational determination of the horizontal wave number and phase speed, applied to a simple model dispersion relation, suggests that the wave is vertically trapped and provides a diagnostic template for further modeling of the deep atmospheric stratification.
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Actually, I bet it is a standing wave of some sort. Perhaps the depth to the core has some interesting mathematical relationship to the structure. I will have to ask Generic of Naldecon about that.Cynth wrote:Well, I'm sure just a moment's thought will lead you all to see that the hexagonal, pole-centered cloud feature in Saturn's northern atmosphere, as revealed in Voyager close-encounter imaging mosaics, may be interpreted as a stationary Rossby wave. The wave is embedded within a sharply peaked eastward jet (of 100 meters per second) and appears to be perturbed by at least one anticyclonic oval vortex immediately to the south. The effectively exact observational determination of the horizontal wave number and phase speed, applied to a simple model dispersion relation, suggests that the wave is vertically trapped and provides a diagnostic template for further modeling of the deep atmospheric stratification.
I suppose I didn't fool anyone .
Grak!
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Oh, so that's what happened. I knew things seemed a little different when I got up this morning.djm wrote:I put a spell on you ....
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jsluder wrote:Image caption: "LASIK gone wrong."
Martin Milner wrote:I thought it was a photo of an infinite number of Angels dancing on the head of a pin.
Oh you guys, come on. If we've got to realistic, it's obviously a close-up of either a cherry or maybe raspberry jello-Cool Whip mixture of some sort.jbarter wrote:It looks like a close-up of my eye after a good night out.
Long time no see Ambassador Tlethl! Greetings to your people, the err...---hmm, I guess that wouldn't be the Kitsune---the fine people of the U.F.P.Rod Sprague wrote:Actually, I bet it is a standing wave of some sort. Perhaps the depth to the core has some interesting mathematical relationship to the structure. I will have to ask Generic of Naldecon about that.
Grak!
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Just my opinion, but I would go for the name-brand when dealing with the mathematical relationship of the depth of the core to any aspect of a standing wave structure. Why take a chance?
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At last! The broadcast tower has finally topped the clouds!
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