Long-Lived Vortices and Profile Changes in the 23.7°N High-Speed Jovian Jet

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 514-524

  Garcia Melendo E ^a,b   Sanchez Lavega A ^c   Gomez J M ^d   Lecacheux, J ^e   Colas, F ^f   Miyazaki, I ^g   Parker, D ^h  

^a Esteve Duran Observatory Foundation   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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

^d Grup d'Estudis Astronomics   (Spain)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f Bureau des Longitudes   (France)

^g ALPO ^*  (Japan)

^h ALPO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dynamics; Jupiter; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005960547     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6411     Document Type: Article

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