Creation Moment 11/8/2021 - Peering Deep Into the DESIGN of Jupiter Part 2

Peering Deep Into the DESIGN of Jupiter---what purpose this DESIGN serves we will not fully know in this life...but interesting to ponder.... Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Heb.1:2

'Juno’s microwave radiometer (MWR) allows scientists to peer beneath Jupiter’s cloud tops and probe the structure of its numerous vortex storms. The most famous of these storms is the Great Red Spot.

The new results show that the Jovian cyclones are warmer on top, with lower atmospheric densities, while they are colder at the bottom, with higher densities.

Anticyclones, which rotate in the opposite direction, are colder at the top but warmer at the bottom.

The findings also indicate these storms are far taller than expected, with some extending 100 km (62 miles) below the cloud tops and others.

This surprise discovery demonstrates that the vortices cover regions beyond those where water condenses and clouds form, below the depth where sunlight warms the atmosphere.

The researchers examined the gravity signature of the Great Red Spot and further constrained its depth.

Planetary researchers are still trying to solve the mystery of how the jet streams form. Data collected by Juno’s MWR during multiple passes reveal one possible clue: that the atmosphere’s ammonia gas travels up and down in remarkable alignment with the observed jet streams.

“By following the ammonia, we found circulation cells in both the north and south hemispheres that are similar in nature to ‘Ferrel cells,’ which control much of our climate here on Earth,” said Keren Duer.

While Earth has one Ferrel cell per hemisphere, Jupiter has eight — each at least 30 times larger.

Juno’s MWR data also show that the belts and zones undergo a transition around 65 km (40 miles) beneath Jupiter’s water clouds.

At shallow depths, Jupiter’s belts are brighter in microwave light

than the neighboring zones.

But at deeper levels, below the water clouds, the opposite is true — which reveals a similarity to our oceans.

“We are calling this level the ‘Jovicline’ in analogy to a transitional layer seen in Earth’s oceans, known as the thermocline — where seawater transitions sharply from being relative warm to relative cold,” said Juno team member Dr. Leigh Fletcher, a researcher at the University of Leicester." BreakingSciNews