大气层超旋转

大气层超自转 (Atmospheric super-rotation) 是指一颗行星的大气层比行星本身旋转更快的状态。金星大气层就是一个极端超自转的示例，它的大气层仅用4个地球日就绕行星一周，比金星243天的恒星日要快得多 ^[1]。在土星最大的卫星土卫六上也观测到大气层超旋转的现象^[2]。

据信，地球的热层有一比地表旋转速度更快的小型超旋转网，尽管对该现象的估值相差很大^[3][4][5] ，部分模型预测表明，全球变暖可能会导致未来超自转现象的增强，包括可能形成的超级旋风^[6][7]。

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