Shear instabilities as a probe of Jupiter’s atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 401-409

  Bosak, Tanja ^a   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Atmospheric structure; Jovian atmosphere; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036696745     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6886     Document Type: Article

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