Moist convection as an energy source for the large-scale motions in Jupiter's atmosphere

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6770, 2000, Pages 630-632

  Ingersoll, A P ^a   Gierasch, P J ^b   Banfield, D ^b   Vasavada, A R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER;

EID: 0034628431     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35001021     Document Type: Article

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