A Study of the Stability of Jovian Zonal Winds from HST Images: 1995-2000

Icarus

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 316-330

  Garcia Melendo E ^a,b   Sanchez Lavega A ^c  

^a Esteve Duran Observatory   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dynamics; Jupiter; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346487411     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6646     Document Type: Article

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