No hexagonal wave around Saturn's southern pole

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 216-219

  Sanchez Lavega S ^a   Perez Hoyos S ^a   Acarreta, J R ^b   French, R G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheric dynamics; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036855077     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6947     Document Type: Article

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