SWE on Jupiter

• A study of decaying turbulence with high resolution

• We use Jupiter dimensions;

g = 23 m s-2, radius = 7x104 km

• One Jupiter day equals 9 Earth hours

• Equivalent depth = 20000 m

• Very weak dissipation

• Dt = 25 Earth seconds

• T170, T360, T533, T1033 runs on a CRAY T3E with 128 processors

• T1033 has 60000 elements (8x8) ~ 3000 equatorial pts.

• Expected result: Rhines scales with 15 jets pole to pole

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