Vertical wind shear on Jupiter from Cassini images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Li, Liming ^a   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^a   Vasavada, Ashwin R ^b   Simon Miller, Amy A ^c   Del Genio, Anthony D ^d   Ewald, Shawn P ^a   Porco, Carolyn C ^e   West, Robert A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALILEO MISSION; IMAGING METHOD; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND SHEAR; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 33745049964     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002556     Document Type: Article

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