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polar cyclone

(storm centered on the pole)

The term polar cyclone refers to a storm in the vicinity of a pole of a planet, in particular, one centered on the pole. Planets are likely to have a permanent polar vortex, the pole-ward part of a typical planetary circulation pattern such as one including Hadley cells. Jupiter and Saturn have such storms at the poles, and in the case of Jupiter, a number of long-lived storms in the region. Given the poor view of their poles from Earth, the planetary space missions have been very informative.


(atmosphere,weather)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_vortex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter%27s_North_Pole
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2020/38/4719-Image
https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.09626
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015JGRE..120..155A/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015Icar..250..131F/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PNAS..11713991Y/abstract

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