7. Saturn Atmospheric Structure and Dynamics

• Main Authors: Anthony D. Del Genio, Richard K. Achterberg, Kevin H. Baines, F. Michael Flasar, Peter L. Read, Agustín Sánchez-lavega, Adam P. Showman
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Jupiter; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.651.5487; http://www.ciclops.org/media/sp/2010/6371_15128_0.pdf

2 Saturn inhabits a dynamical regime of rapidly rotating, internally heated atmospheres similar to Jupiter. Zonal winds have remained fairly steady since the time of Voyager except in the equatorial zone and slightly stronger winds occur at deeper levels. Eddies supply energy to the jets at a rate s...