Solar flux in Saturn's atmosphere: Penetration and heating rates in the aerosol and cloud layers

Icarus

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 368-378

  Perez Hoyos S ^a   Sanchez Lavega A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, evolution; Atmospheres, structure; Radiative transfer; Saturn, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744464394     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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