A system of circumpolar waves in Jupiter's stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4043-4046

  Sanchez Lavega, Agustín ^a   Hueso, Ricardo ^a   Acarreta, Juan Ramón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METHANE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANETS; WAVES;

CIRCUMPOLAR WAVES; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; JUPITER; PLANETARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERE; VOYAGER 1 ARCHIVED IMAGES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

JUPITER;

EID: 0032216337     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900059     Document Type: Article

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