Nimrod Gavriel

Nimrod Gavriel

Postdoctoral researcher
University of California, Berkeley

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I study how cyclones and large-scale circulation emerge and interact in rotating atmospheres. My research spans Jupiter’s polar cyclones and deep flows, and the disturbances that can develop into tropical cyclones on Earth. I combine observations, theory, and fluid-dynamical models to understand the processes behind these patterns.

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  • Manuscript in review Planetary-Scale Convective Columns Detected on Jupiter

    Gavriel, N.; Duer-Milner, K.; Galanti, E.; Oyafuso, F. A.; Li, C.; Levin, S. M.; Bolton, S. J.; Kaspi, Y.

    2026

  • Dynamical constraints on the vertical structure of Jupiter’s polar cyclones

    Gavriel, N.; Kaspi, Y.

    2025 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (44), e2503737122

    Published version ↗arXiv preprint ↗
    BibTeX
    @article{gavriel2025depth,
	author = {Gavriel, Nimrod and Kaspi, Yohai},
	journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
	doi = {10.1073/pnas.2503737122},
	number = {44},
	year = {2025},
	pages = {e2503737122},
	title = {Dynamical constraints on the vertical structure of {Jupiter}\textquoteright{}s polar cyclones},
	url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12789},
	howpublished = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12789},
	volume = {122},
}
  • From gas to ice giants: A unified mechanism for equatorial jets

    Duer-Milner, K.; Gavriel, N.; Galanti, E.; Tziperman, E.; Kaspi, Y.

    2025 · Science Advances, 11 (41), eads8899

    Published version ↗arXiv preprint ↗
    BibTeX
    @article{duer2025jets,
	author = {Duer-Milner, Keren and Gavriel, Nimrod and Galanti, Eli and Tziperman, Eli and Kaspi, Yohai},
	journal = {Science Advances},
	doi = {10.1126/sciadv.ads8899},
	number = {41},
	year = {2025},
	pages = {eads8899},
	title = {From gas to ice giants: A unified mechanism for equatorial jets},
	url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08020},
	howpublished = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08020},
	volume = {11},
}

Background

At UC Berkeley, I work with William R. Boos on how regional jets and the surrounding environment influence the formation of tropical cyclone seeds and their development into storms. I completed my PhD at the Weizmann Institute of Science with Yohai Kaspi, studying the dynamics of Jupiter’s polar cyclones.

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