A comparative study of Jovian cyclonic features from a six-year (1994-2000) survey

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 325-335

  Morales Juberías, Raúl ^a   Sánchez Lavega, Agustín ^a   Lecacheux, J ^b   Colas, F ^c  

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

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dynamics; Jupiter; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036948732     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6973     Document Type: Article

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