EPIC simulations of the merger of Jupiter's White Ovals BE and FA: Altitude-dependent behavior

Icarus

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-74

  Morales Juberías, Raúl ^a,b   Sánchez Lavega, Agustín ^a   Dowling, Timothy E ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheres; Dynamics; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345446525     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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