Dynamical implications of Jupiter's tropospheric ammonia abundance

Icarus

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 192-204

  Showman, Adam P ^a   de Pater, Imke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, composition; Atmospheres, dynamics; Jupiter, atmosphere; Radio observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844334545     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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