UC
Member Since 1984
Uli R. Christensen
Dr, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Professional Experience
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Dr
2020 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1980
Honors & Awards
Inge Lehmann Medal
Received 2019
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Union Fellow
Received 2000
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Publications
Contributions of Jupiter's Deep‐Reaching Surface Winds to Magnetic Field Structure and Secular Varia...

NASA's Juno mission delivered gravity data of exceptional quality. They indicate that the zonal winds, which rule the dynamics of Jupiter's cloud d...

April 13, 2024
AGU Abstracts
How Magnetic Effects Impact Zonal Winds on the Gas Giants
GIANT PLANET INTERIORS II ORAL
planetary sciences | 13 december 2023
Paula Wulff, Ulrich R. Christensen, Wieland Dietri...
The outer regions of both Jupiter and Saturn feature strong, alternately eastward and westward zonal winds. Cloud tracking has yielded latitudinal pro...
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Transition into Dynamo Region or Sub-Adiabaticity? Relevance and Evidence of Damping Mechanisms for Zonal Jets on Giant Planets
GIANT PLANET INTERIORS I ORAL
planetary sciences | 13 december 2022
Paula Wulff, Wieland Dietrich, Ulrich R. Christens...
Convectively driven zonal winds, as observed on the surfaces of gas giants, will continue downwards into an adiabatic atmosphere along cylindrically i...
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Simultaneous retrieval of the lunar solid body tide and topography from laser altimetry
NEXT-GENERATION PLANETARY GEODESY I POSTERS
planetary sciences | 16 december 2020
Robin Thor, Reinald Kallenbach, Ulrich R. Christen...
The Moon is periodically deformed by the tidal forces exerted on it by the Earth and the Sun. The tidal Love number h2 describes the magnitude of the ...
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