EPIC Simulations of Bright Companions to Neptune's Great Dark Spots

Icarus

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 275-285

  Stratman, P W ^a   Showman, A P ^b   Dowling, T E ^a   Sromovsky, L A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheric dynamics; Atmospheric structure; meteorology; Neptune

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009188106     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6603     Document Type: Article

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