The clouds of Jupiter: Results of the Galileo Jupiter mission probe nephelometer experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E10, 1998, Pages 22891-22909

  Ragent, Boris ^a,f   Colburn, David S ^b   Rages, Kathy A ^c   Knight, Tony C D ^d   Avrin, Philip ^a   Orton, Glenn S ^e   Yanamandra Fisher, Padmavati A ^a   Grams, Gerald W ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clark Atlanta State University   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0032566870     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE00353     Document Type: Article

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