Vertical Cloud Structure in Saturn's 1990 Equatorial Storm

Icarus

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-33

  Acarreta, J R ^a   Sanchez Lavega A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Clouds; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011713639     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.6034     Document Type: Article

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