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14 lis 2012 · Saturn boasts some of the fastest winds in the solar system. NASA's Voyager mission measured winds traveling at more than 1,100 mph (1,800 kph) at the planet's equator, traveling mostly in an...
19 mar 2010 · Winds in the stratosphere, above the 10-mbar level, seem to vary by ±75 m s −1 with altitude and time in a manner reminiscent of Earth’s quasibiennial oscillation (QBO) (4, 5). Saturn’s large differential rotation, which is larger than that of Jupiter, is still unexplained.
Stratospheric temperatures also vary within the stratosphere as the seasons change, reaching particularly low temperatures in the polar night (winter). [6] Winds in the stratosphere can far exceed those in the troposphere, reaching near 60 m/s (220 km/h; 130 mph) in the Southern polar vortex. [6]
16 paź 2011 · In refs 6 and 18 the thermal wind equation is integrated in Saturn’s low-latitude stratosphere by assuming a null wind as the boundary condition around 20 mbar.
Stratospheric temperatures on Saturn imply a strong decay of the equatorial winds with altitude. If the decrease in winds reported from recent Hubble-Space-Telescope images is not a temporal change, then the features tracked must have been at least 130 km higher than in earlier studies.
25 lut 2005 · Stratospheric temperatures on Saturn imply a strong decay of the equatorial winds with altitude. If the decrease in winds reported from recent Hubble Space Telescope images is not a temporal change, then the features tracked must have been at least 130 kilometers higher than in earlier studies.
16 gru 2004 · Near Saturn's equator, winds blow eastward (the same direction as Saturn rotates) at speeds of approximately 1100 meters per second (500 miles per hour). The horizontal banding visible in Saturn's clouds is a result of rising and falling air masses stretched by Saturn's rotation.
