Heating of Jupiter's Thermosphere by Dissipation of Gravity Waves Due to Molecular Viscosity and Heat Conduction

Icarus

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 328-340

  Matcheva, Katia I ^a   Strobel, Darrell F ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheres; Dynamics; Jupiter; Planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013499520     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6151     Document Type: Article

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