Observation of moist convection in Jupiter's atmosphere

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6770, 2000, Pages 628-630

  Gierasch, P J ^a   Ingersoll, A P ^b   Banfield, D ^a   Ewald, S P ^b   Helfenstein, P ^a   Simon Miller, A ^a   Vasavada, A ^c   Breneman, H H ^d   Sensko, D A ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; HEAT EXCHANGE; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034628407     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35001017     Document Type: Article

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