Cloud-level penetrative compressible convection in the Venus atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-18

  Baker, R David ^a,c   Schubert, Gerald ^a   Jones, Philip W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERE; CONVECTION;

VENUS;

EID: 0031833772     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0003:CLPCCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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