Investigating Barotropic Zonal Flow in Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere using Juno Gravitational Data

The zonal winds within Jupiter's atmosphere give rise to the planet's familiar banded appearance. For almost fifty years, researchers have debated whether the observed winds represent shallow weather-layer dynamics or deep-seated convection. With the recent Juno gravitational measurements, we can now infer possible deep atmospheric zonal flow profiles. In this project, we test a barotropic model of zonal flow against the Juno gravitational measurements. This repository contains the data necessary to calculate the gravitational signals associated with barotropic zonal flows and our model results.