The stratification of Jupiter's troposphere at the Galileo probe entry site

Icarus

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 410-433

  Magalhães, Julio A ^a   Seiff, Alvin ^a   Young, Richard E ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheres; Dynamics; Jupiter; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036697145     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6891     Document Type: Article

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