This paper shows that quite a large vortex can be generated by baroclinic mechanism which is caused by non-parallel density and pressure gradients during the break-up of the comet in Jovian atmosphere. One hypothesis that is most probable one is to attribute these stable structures to vortex. The size of the vortex thus generated is consistent with the size of comet impact sites under Kelvin's circulation theorem.
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E. Matsunaga, T. Yabe and M. Tajima- Baroclinic Vortex Generation by a Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact
This paper shows that quite a large vortex can be generated by baroclinic mechanism which is caused by non-parallel density and pressure gradients during the break-up of the comet in Jovian atmosphere. One hypothesis that is most probable one is to attribute these stable structures to vortex. The size of the vortex thus generated is consistent with the size of comet impact sites under Kelvin's circulation theorem.
This paper shows that quite a large vortex can be generated by baroclinic mechanism which is caused by non-parallel density and pressure gradients during the break-up of the comet in Jovian atmosphere. One hypothesis that is most probable one is to attribute these stable structures to vortex. The size of the vortex thus generated is consistent with the size of comet impact sites under Kelvin's circulation theorem.
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