Jovian Upheaval and its Impact on Vortices

Jovian Upheaval and its Impact on Vortices We propose observations of Jupiter with global coverage at high resolution to quantify changes in its atmosphere during and following the global upheaval. Only HST has the capability to obtain images with enough spatial resolution and contrast to extract velocity fields (we will use our newly developed technique to accomplish this), and with WFC3 we can image Jupiter in its entirety in a single exposure. We are in particular interested in the Red Oval BA: Will the Oval be long-lived, remain red, or turn white again, disappear? Both the merger of its precursors, and change in color has never before been witnessed. The Great Red Spot: This storm system appears to decrease in size and has become rounder, both as derived from its associated cloud deck, but also from its potential vorticity, a more dynamically-relevant quantity. How will the GRS evolve? Will it swallow the new vortices detected in amateur images at this same latitude band? How will this effect the potential vorticity? In addition, we hope to understand Disturbances and stagnation points, both of which were detected during the present global upheaval: are these cyclonic regions, can they spawn anticyclones (as suggested by amateur images)?

Using a sequence of 10 non-consecutive orbits, we will map velocities in all regions of Jupiter. The first group of 5 orbits maps one hemisphere of the planet with 10-hour separations. The second group of 5 orbits maps the other hemisphere. The two hemispheres are observed separately in order to reduce consecutive-orbit requirements and minimize SAA impacts on scheduling. Within a single block of 5 orbits, we obtain time separations of ~10 hours (e.g., orbit 1 to orbit 7) and < 1 hour (e.g., within orbit 1) for the entire hemisphere, plus ~1.5 hours for the GRS and Oval BA (e.g., orbit 1 to orbit 2). All frames will be acquired with WFC3/UVIS using 2k x 2k QUAD subarray readouts, to minimize overhead from buffer dumps. The entire disk of Jupiter will fit within a single QUAD subarray. A schematic of the orbit sequence is available through mid-2009 at http://astro.berkeley.edu/~mikewong/G480_hst/timing_v6.png SOLAR SYSTEM 3 false 0.0 0.0 false false false false false false SUPPORTED SOLAR SYSTEM PLANET JUPITER FULL DISK HEMISPHERE A (GRS) STD=JUPITER TYPE=PGRAPHIC,LONG=246,LAT=-23,ALT=0,R_LONG=+0.287,R_LAT=0,R_RAD=0,EPOCH=01-SEP-2009:00:00:00 NOT TRANSIT OF IO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF EUROPA ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF GANYMEDE ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF CALLISTO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH EARTH SOLAR SYSTEM PLANET JUPITER FULL DISK HEMISPHERE A (GRS) STD=JUPITER TYPE=PGRAPHIC,LONG=239,LAT=-23,ALT=0,R_LONG=+0.287,R_LAT=0,R_RAD=0,EPOCH=01-SEP-2009:00:00:00 NOT TRANSIT OF IO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF EUROPA ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF GANYMEDE ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF CALLISTO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH EARTH SOLAR SYSTEM PLANET JUPITER FULL DISK HEMISPHERE A (GRS) STD=JUPITER TYPE=PGRAPHIC,LONG=340,LAT=-23,ALT=0,R_LONG=+0.287,R_LAT=0,R_RAD=0,EPOCH=01-SEP-2009:00:00:00 NOT TRANSIT OF IO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF EUROPA ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF GANYMEDE ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF CALLISTO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH EARTH SOLAR SYSTEM PLANET JUPITER FULL DISK HEMISPHERE B (OVAL BA) STD=JUPITER TYPE=PGRAPHIC,LONG=40,LAT=-30,ALT=0,R_LONG=-0.119,R_LAT=0,R_RAD=0,EPOCH=01-SEP-2009:00:00:00 NOT TRANSIT OF IO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF EUROPA ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF GANYMEDE ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF CALLISTO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH EARTH SOLAR SYSTEM PLANET JUPITER FULL DISK HEMISPHERE B (OVAL BA) STD=JUPITER TYPE=PGRAPHIC,LONG=42,LAT=-30,ALT=0,R_LONG=-0.119,R_LAT=0,R_RAD=0,EPOCH=01-SEP-2009:00:00:00 NOT TRANSIT OF IO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF EUROPA ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF GANYMEDE ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF CALLISTO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH EARTH SOLAR SYSTEM PLANET JUPITER FULL DISK HEMISPHERE B (OVAL BA) STD=JUPITER TYPE=PGRAPHIC,LONG=160,LAT=-30,ALT=0,R_LONG=-0.119,R_LAT=0,R_RAD=0,EPOCH=01-SEP-2009:00:00:00 NOT TRANSIT OF IO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF EUROPA ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF GANYMEDE ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH, NOT TRANSIT OF CALLISTO ACROSS JUPITER FROM EARTH EARTH WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No FQ889N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No FQ727N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F502N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No FQ437N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No FQ889N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No FQ727N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F502N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No FQ437N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N WFC3/UVIS Imaging No No F658N Using ephemeris for target 11559-11-JUPITER-A1 ephemeris data for target 11559-11-JUPITER-A1 does not cover planning interval. Physical constraints are assumed to be unschedulable outside of the ephemeris data. Planning interval: 08.306 to 11.001. ephemeris interval: 09.243 to 11.244 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([12 After 11 by 0.1 to 0.1 days] [17 After 11 by 0.4 to 0.4 days] [19 After 11 by 0.5 to 0.5 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 17.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. HEMISPHERE A, ORBIT 1 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "11" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "02-Sep-2009 21:44:14.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 704512 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "11" :obset-id "11" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "11" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2829 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 192 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) false 1 0 Using ephemeris for target 11559-12-JUPITER-A2 ephemeris data for target 11559-12-JUPITER-A2 does not cover planning interval. Physical constraints are assumed to be unschedulable outside of the ephemeris data. Planning interval: 08.306 to 11.001. ephemeris interval: 09.243 to 11.244 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([12 After 11 by 0.1 to 0.1 days] [13 After 12 by 0.1 to 0.1 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 17.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. HEMISPHERE A, ORBIT 2 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "12" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "02-Sep-2009 21:44:15.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 704512 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "12" :obset-id "12" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "12" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2829 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 192 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 Using ephemeris for target 11559-13-JUPITER-A3 ephemeris data for target 11559-13-JUPITER-A3 does not cover planning interval. Physical constraints are assumed to be unschedulable outside of the ephemeris data. Planning interval: 08.306 to 11.001. ephemeris interval: 09.243 to 11.244 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([13 After 12 by 0.1 to 0.1 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 17.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. HEMISPHERE A, ORBIT 3 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "13" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "02-Sep-2009 21:44:17.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 704512 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "13" :obset-id "13" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "13" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2829 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 192 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 HEMISPHERE A, ORBIT 7 --- with UV (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "A7" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "04-Sep-2009 12:02:35.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 774880 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "A7" :obset-id "A7" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "A7" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2848 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 346 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) false 1 0 HEMISPHERE A, ORBIT 9 --- with UV (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "A9" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "04-Sep-2009 12:03:58.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 774880 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "A9" :obset-id "A9" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "A9" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2848 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 346 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) false 1 0 Using ephemeris for target 11559-21-JUPITER-B1 ephemeris data for target 11559-21-JUPITER-B1 does not cover planning interval. Physical constraints are assumed to be unschedulable outside of the ephemeris data. Planning interval: 08.306 to 11.001. ephemeris interval: 09.243 to 11.244 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([22 After 21 by 0.1 to 0.1 days] [27 After 21 by 0.4 to 0.4 days] [29 After 21 by 0.5 to 0.5 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 17.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. HEMISPHERE B, ORBIT 1 1253279195000 76.39999999999998 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "21" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "02-Sep-2009 15:03:13.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 704512 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "21" :obset-id "21" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "21" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2829 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 192 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 Using ephemeris for target 11559-22-JUPITER-B2 ephemeris data for target 11559-22-JUPITER-B2 does not cover planning interval. Physical constraints are assumed to be unschedulable outside of the ephemeris data. Planning interval: 08.306 to 11.001. ephemeris interval: 09.243 to 11.244 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([22 After 21 by 0.1 to 0.1 days] [23 After 22 by 0.1 to 0.1 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 17.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. HEMISPHERE B, ORBIT 2 1253284879000 70.62441689531099 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "22" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "02-Sep-2009 15:03:15.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 704512 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "22" :obset-id "22" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "22" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2829 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 192 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 Using ephemeris for target 11559-23-JUPITER-B3 ephemeris data for target 11559-23-JUPITER-B3 does not cover planning interval. Physical constraints are assumed to be unschedulable outside of the ephemeris data. Planning interval: 08.306 to 11.001. ephemeris interval: 09.243 to 11.244 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([23 After 22 by 0.1 to 0.1 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 17.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. HEMISPHERE B, ORBIT 3 1253290633000 89.96139559163902 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "23" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "02-Sep-2009 15:03:16.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 704512 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "23" :obset-id "23" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "23" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2829 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 192 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 Using ephemeris for target 11559-27-JUPITER-B1 ephemeris data for target 11559-27-JUPITER-B1 does not cover planning interval. Physical constraints are assumed to be unschedulable outside of the ephemeris data. Planning interval: 08.306 to 11.001. ephemeris interval: 09.243 to 11.244 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([27 After 21 by 0.4 to 0.4 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 17.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. HEMISPHERE B, ORBIT 7 1253313652000 90.60000000000002 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "27" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "02-Sep-2009 15:03:18.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 704512 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "27" :obset-id "27" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "27" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2853 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 192 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 Using ephemeris for target 11559-29-JUPITER-B3 ephemeris data for target 11559-29-JUPITER-B3 does not cover planning interval. Physical constraints are assumed to be unschedulable outside of the ephemeris data. Planning interval: 08.306 to 11.001. ephemeris interval: 09.243 to 11.244 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([29 After 21 by 0.5 to 0.5 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 17.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. HEMISPHERE B, ORBIT 9 1253325161000 58.6145853445511 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "29" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "02-Sep-2009 15:05:05.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 704512 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "29" :obset-id "29" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "29" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2853 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 192 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 HEMISPHERE B, ORBIT 7 --- replacement for visit 27 with UV 1253313652000 90.60000000000002 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "B7" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "04-Sep-2009 12:05:56.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 774880 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "B7" :obset-id "B7" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "B7" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2848 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 346 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 HEMISPHERE B, ORBIT 9 --- replacement for visit 29 with UV (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "B9" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20090702" :date "04-Sep-2009 12:06:01.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "29" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 774880 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "B9" :obset-id "B9" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 11559 :visit-id "B9" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 333 :si-vis-utilization 2848 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 346 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3236 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0