Date of Defense
10-11-2023 9:30 AM
Location
F3-238
Document Type
Thesis Defense
Degree Name
Master of Science in Physics
College
COS
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Dr. Roland Young
Keywords
Jupiter, Zonal jet, Eddy Momentum Flux, Zones and Belts, Great Red Spot, Correlation Imaging Velocimetry, Imaging Science Subsystem.
Abstract
The Jupiter’s atmosphere has remarkable features like Great Red Spot, and strong dynamic events takes place on its atmosphere for hundreds of years. We have a set 280 images of Cassini spacecraft December 2000 of southern and northern hemisphere of Jupiter planet which were taken by four distinct filters with a wide range of wavelengths extending from 455 nm to 889 nm to study the Great Red Spot dynamics and measure the velocity fields using Correlation Imaging Velocimetry technique. To understand the mechanism of energy transfer between eddies and jets which governs the Jupiter’s atmosphere for a long time, it requires to analyze the interplay between zonal winds and eddies of its atmosphere. This study uses to plot latitudinal profiles versus ̅𝑢̅`̅𝑣̅̅` and d𝑢̅/dy to find a positive correlation which implies that the energy mechanism takes place from eddies to zonal flow.
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MEASURING JUPITER’S WIND FROM CASSINI SPACECRAFT OBSERVATIONS
F3-238
The Jupiter’s atmosphere has remarkable features like Great Red Spot, and strong dynamic events takes place on its atmosphere for hundreds of years. We have a set 280 images of Cassini spacecraft December 2000 of southern and northern hemisphere of Jupiter planet which were taken by four distinct filters with a wide range of wavelengths extending from 455 nm to 889 nm to study the Great Red Spot dynamics and measure the velocity fields using Correlation Imaging Velocimetry technique. To understand the mechanism of energy transfer between eddies and jets which governs the Jupiter’s atmosphere for a long time, it requires to analyze the interplay between zonal winds and eddies of its atmosphere. This study uses to plot latitudinal profiles versus ̅𝑢̅`̅𝑣̅̅` and d𝑢̅/dy to find a positive correlation which implies that the energy mechanism takes place from eddies to zonal flow.