Observations and analysis of longitudinal thermal waves on Jupiter

Icarus

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-312

  Deming, Drake ^a   Reuter, Dennis ^a   Jennings, Donald ^a   Bjoraker, Gordon ^a   McCabe, George ^b   Fast, Kelly ^c   Wiedemann, Gunter ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0031124469     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5658     Document Type: Article

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