Comparison of the structure and dynamics of Jupiter's great red spot between the Voyager 1 and 2 encounters

Icarus

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-335

  Sada, Pedro V ^a   Beebe, Reta F ^b   Conrath, Barney J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030076349     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0022     Document Type: Article

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