Coordinated 1996 HST and IRTF Imaging of Neptune and Triton: III. Neptune's Atmospheric Circulation and Cloud Structure

Icarus

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 459-488

  Sromovsky, L A ^a   Fry, P M ^a   Dowling, T E ^b   Baines, K H ^c   Limaye, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Neptune; Neptune, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009250227     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6564     Document Type: Article

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