A strong decrease in Saturn's equatorial jet at cloud level

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6940, 2003, Pages 623-625

  Sanchez Lavega A ^a   Perez Hoyos S ^a   Rojas, J F ^a   Hueso, R ^a   French, R G ^b  

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

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PLANETS;

EQUATORIAL JETS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; COSMOS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 0037834744     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01653     Document Type: Article

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