Thanks to images transmitted by the Juno satellite, oceanographers have been able to establish amazing similarities in the movement of water flows in the Earth’s oceans and dense gas flows in the vicinity of Jupiter’s poles.
A team of researchers from the University of California Institute of Oceanography were able to prove that moist convection (when hot, less dense air rises) is responsible for the formation of these atmospheric vortices.
Because clouds on Jupiter form when hot, less dense air rises, the researchers concluded that it is the source of energy to power larger-scale structures, up to polar atmospheric vortices.
The discovery will allow the authors to better understand the energy of our solar system.
