The nature of Neptune's increasing brightness: Evidence for a seasonal response

Icarus

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 256-261

  Sromovsky, Larry A ^a   Fry, P M ^a   Limaye, S S ^a   Baines, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Meteorology; Neptune; Neptune, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037505149     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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