Atmospheric composition and cloud structure in jovian 5-μm hotspots from analysis of Galileo NIMS measurements

Icarus

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-68

  Nixon, C A ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   Calcutt, S B ^a   Taylor, F W ^a   Carlson, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances, atmospheres; Atmospheres, composition; Infrared observations; Jupiter, atmosphere; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002754355     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6561     Document Type: Article

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