A high-resolution, three-dimensional model of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E3, 2001, Pages 5099-5105

  Cho, James Y K ^a,b   De La Torre Juárez, Manuel ^c,d   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^a   Dritschel, David G ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; JUPITER;

EID: 0005920536     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001287     Document Type: Article

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