Saturn's south polar vortex compared to other large vortices in the solar system

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Dyudina, Ulyana A., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Ewald, Shawn P., Vasavada, Ashwin R., West, Robert A., Baines, Kevin H., Momary, Thomas W., Del Genio, Anthony D., Barbara, John M., Porco, Carolyn C., Achterberg, Richard K., Flasar, E. Michael, Simon-Miller, Amy A., Fletcher, Leigh N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: Saturn; atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Infrared observations; Meteorology; Spectroscopy; South Pole; Venus; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.014

Observations made by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) and the long-wavelength Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) aboard the Cassini spacecraft reveal that the large, long-lived cyclonic vortex at Saturn's south pole has a 4200-km-diameter...