Analysis of Jupiter North Equatorial Belt hot spots in the 4-5 μm range from Galileo/near-infrared mapping spectrometer observations: Measurements of cloud opacity, water, and ammonia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E10, 1998, Pages 23023-23041

  Roos Serote, M ^a,d   Drossart, P ^b   Encrenaz, T ^c   Lellouch, E ^d   Carlson, R W ^b   Baines, K H ^a   Kamp, L ^a   Mehlman, R ^a   Orton, G S ^a   Calcutt, S ^a   Irwin, P ^a   Taylor, F ^a   Weir, A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0032566878     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE01049     Document Type: Article

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