Jupiter's Polar Regions in the Ultraviolet as Imaged by HST/WFPC2: Auroral-Aligned Features and Zonal Motions

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-222

  Vincent, Mark B ^a   Clarke, John T ^a   Ballester, Gilda E ^a   Harris, Walter M ^b   West, Robert A ^c   Trauger, John T ^c   Evans, Robin W ^c   Stapelfeldt, Karl R ^c   Crisp, David ^c   Burrows, Christopher J ^d   Gallagher III, John S ^b   Griffiths, Richard E ^e   Jeff Hester, J ^f   Hoessel, John G ^b   Holtzman, Jon A ^g   Mould, Jeremy R ^h   Scowen, Paul A ^f   Watson, Alan M ⁱ   Westphal, James A ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmosphere dynamics; HST; Jupiter; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000208128     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6233     Document Type: Article

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