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The tropical stratospheric temperature and wind field of several planets oscillate quasi-periodically. Recent Cassini observations show that Saturn’s oscillations were disturbed for more than three years by the year-long giant storm that appeared in 2010.

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Fig. 1: Close-up of the giant storm that developed in Saturn’s northern hemisphere at the end of 2010.

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Li, C. Disrupting the atmospheric beat. Nat Astron 1, 753–754 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0306-y

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