Stratospheric ammonia on Jupiter after the SL9 collision

Icarus

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 431-441

  Kostiuk, Theodor ^a   Buhl, David ^a   Espenak, Fred ^a   Romani, Paul ^a   Bjoraker, Gordon ^a   Fast, Kelly ^a,b   Livengood, Timothy ^a,b   Zipoy, David ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 0030161879     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0098     Document Type: Article

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