An intense stratospheric jet on Jupiter

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6970, 2004, Pages 132-135

  Flasar, F M ^a   Kunde, V G ^b   Achterberg, R K ^c   Conrath, B J ^d   Simon Miller, A A ^a   Nixon, C A ^b   Gierasch, P J ^d   Romani, P N ^a   Bezard B ^e   Irwin, P ^f   Bjoraker, G L ^a   Brasunas, J C ^a   Jennings, D E ^a   Pearl, J C ^a   Smith, M D ^a   Orton, G S ^g   Spilker, L J ^g   Carlson, R ^c   Calcutt, S B ^f   Read, P L ^f   Taylor, F W ^f   Parrish, P ^f   Barucci, A ^e   Courtin, R ^e   Coustenis, A ^e   Gautier, D ^e   Lellouch, E ^e   Marten, A ^e   Prange R ^e   Biraud, Y ^e   Fouchet, T ^e   Ferrari, C ^h   Owen, T C ⁱ   Abbas, M M ^j   Samuelson, R E ^b   Raulin, F ^k   Ade, P ^l   Cesarsky C J ^m   Grossman, K U ⁿ   Coradini, A ^o   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^j NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k CNRS   (France)

^l CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^m EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^o INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MAPS; SPACECRAFT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0347087544     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02142     Document Type: Article

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