A Three-Dimensional Model of Moist Convection for the Giant Planets: The Jupiter Case

Icarus

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 257-274

  Hueso, Ricardo ^a   Sánchez Lavega, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dynamics; Jupiter; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000420381     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6606     Document Type: Article

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