EPIC Simulations of Time-Dependent, Three-Dimensional Vortices with Application to Neptune's Great Dark Spot

Icarus

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-265

  LeBeau Jr , R P ^a   Dowling, T E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

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EID: 0009107066     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5918     Document Type: Article

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