The dynamics of jovian white ovals from formation to merger

Icarus

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-93

  Youssef, Ashraf ^a   Marcus, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dynamics; Jupiter; White oval spots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037354029     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00060-X     Document Type: Review

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