Ground-Based Observations of Cloud Features on Uranus

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 307-311

  Sromovsky, L A ^a   Spencer, J R ^b   Baines, K H ^c   Fry, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data reduction techniques; Infrared observations; Uranus; Uranus atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000609558     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6434     Document Type: Article

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