Mystery Of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot May Have Been Solved At Last
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/02/jupiter-great-red-spot_n_4372379.html

The mystery of why Jupiter’s Great Red Spot did not vanish centuries ago may now be solved, and the findings could help reveal more clues about the vortices in Earth’s oceans and the nurseries of stars and planets, researchers say.

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Models of vortices generally focus on swirling horizontal winds, where most of the energy resides. Although vortices also have vertical flows, these have much less energy. Therefore, “in the past, most researchers either ignored the vertical flow because they thought it was not important, or they used simpler equations because it was so difficult to model,” Hassanzadeh said.

no wonder the model didnt work, they left out important data

they thought the vertical flow was not important

It is

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opps,