The Merger of Two Giant Anticyclones in the Atmosphere of Jupiter

Icarus

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 491-495

  Sanchez Lavega, A ^a   Orton, G S ^b   Morales, R ^a   Lecacheux, J ^c   Colas, F ^d   Fisher, B ^b   Fukumura Sawada, P ^e   Golisch, W ^e   Griep, D ^e   Kaminski, C ^e   Baines, K ^b   Rages, K ^f   West, R ^b  

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

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f Space Physics Research Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheric dynamics; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001653572     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6548     Document Type: Article

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