The cloud structure of the jovian atmosphere as seen by the Cassini/CIRS experiment

Icarus

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 432-448

  Matcheva, Katia I ^a,c   Conrath, Barney J ^a   Gierasch, Peter J ^a   Flasar, F Michael ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, structure; Jupiter; Jupiter, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344435806     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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