An equatorial oscillation in Saturn’s middle atmosphere

T. Fouchet (), S. Guerlet, D. F. Strobel, A. A. Simon-Miller, B. Bézard and F. M. Flasar
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T. Fouchet: LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS, Paris 7, Meudon F-92195, France
S. Guerlet: LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS, Paris 7, Meudon F-92195, France
D. F. Strobel: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
A. A. Simon-Miller: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 693, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
B. Bézard: LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS, Paris 7, Meudon F-92195, France
F. M. Flasar: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 693, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA

Nature, 2008, vol. 453, issue 7192, 200-202

Abstract: The middle atmospheres of planets are driven by a combination of radiative heating and cooling, mean meridional motions, and vertically propagating waves (which originate in the deep troposphere). This paper reports infrared observations showing that Saturn has an equatorial oscillation like Earth's and Jupiter's, as well as a mid-latitude subsidence that may be associated with the equatorial motion.

Date: 2008
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