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Science 11 February 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5455, pp. 946 - 947
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5455.946b
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PLANETARY METEOROLOGY:
Deep, Moist Heat Drives Jovian Weather

Richard A. Kerr

Meteorologists have long wondered whether solar energy or heat energy from within the planet predominates in driving Jupiter's powerful weather engine. In two papers in this week's issue of Nature, researchers provide an answer: Deep heat funneled upward by local storms is a major driver of jovian weather. They show that much if not all of the deep heat escaping the interior flows up through towering thunderstorms that eventually give up their energy to larger storms such as the Great Red Spot.

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