von karman vortice streets look like Jupiter's bands/storms.....?

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and what I read says they are caused 'here' by things that stick up into the atmosphere, like volcano mountains.......so......what's the possibility that there's something on Jupiter that projects up into the atmosphere to cause it's swirling clouds???....
 
here's where I found the Earth's swirls...
 
Those two trails of swirls are Von Karman vortex streets, named after the aerodynamicist who explained the phenomenon. In a nut shell, when airflow of the correct speed passes over a round body (like a volcano, for instance), vortices will be shed alternately from one side and then the other.
 
http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/danburbank…
 
and, if Jupiter's situation is that different, is there another explanation for its swirling patterns?
 
thanks, y'all.....

digquickly · Accepted Answer

Well, ..., I think you have a very interesting point.  I couldn't read the link either but read up on it on wikipedia. Weather patterns on other planets arise from similar causes hear on earth.  Yes, the details may be slightly different due to variances in temperature and other dynamics but the bottom line is the laws of physics are not negated just because you see something happening on another. planet.  So, in Jupiter's case It's may very well be be that there are mountains and valleys of metalized hydrogen hidden by high gas clouds causing those vortices to appear.  

When Juno express arrives there we'll learn a lot more about the surface features of Jupiter as it is carrying a six-wavelength microwave radiometer for atmospheric sounding and composition instrument which may give us some insight as to what may lie beneath (or within) those cloud bands.

Satan Claws · Answer

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