Accurate jovian radio flux density measurements show ammonia to be subsaturated in the upper troposphere

Icarus

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 439-446

  Gibson, James ^a   Welch, W J ^a   de Pater, Imke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Jupiter; Radio observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 14044257180     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.020     Document Type: Article

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