Uranus in 2003: Zonal winds, banded structure, and discrete features

Icarus

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 534-545

  Hammel, H B ^a   de Pater, I ^b   Gibbard, S ^c   Lockwood, G W ^d   Rages, K ^e  

^a Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Uranus; Uranus, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044379986     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.11.012     Document Type: Article

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