Planetary-scale thermal waves in Saturn's upper troposphere

Icarus

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 350-369

  Achterberg, Richard K ^a,b   Flasar, F Michael ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

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EID: 0030075461     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0024     Document Type: Article

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