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Spatial distribution of visible lightning on Jupiter (1991)

Magalhaes, J. A. ; Borucki, W. J.

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Publication Date: 2011-08-19

Description: An analysis of Voyager images of Jupiter is used to evaluate the horizontal spatial distribution of visible lightning over most of one hemisphere. Essentially all the detectable activity is confined to very narrow latitude bands at 13.5 N and 49 N. The active regions at 49 N are the brightest, most numerous, and periodic in longitude. Activity at this latitude is long-lived and is most likely associated with moist convective regions deep in Jupiter's atmosphere. The longitudinal periodicity of the lightning storms may represent the effects of a planetary scale atmospheric wave trapped at the depth of the moist convection.

Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION

Type: Nature (ISSN 0028-0836); 349; 311-313

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