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We review current knowledge of the giant, long-lived eddies observed in the atmospheres of the Major Planets. Particular emphasis is placed on determining the dynamical processes which may be at work, and we discuss a range of both theoretical and laboratory models which have been suggested as analogues of these features.
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Read, P.L. (1992). Long-Lived Eddies in the Atmospheres of the Major Planets. In: Hopfinger, E.J. (eds) Rotating Fluids in Geophysical and Industrial Applications. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 329. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2602-8_12
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