Cassini imaging of Saturn: Southern hemisphere winds and vortices

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Vasavada, Ashwin R ^a   Horst S M ^a   Kennedy, Megan R ^b   Ingersoll, A P ^c   Porco, Carolyn C ^d   del Genio, A D ^e   West, Robert A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING METHOD; SATURN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VORTICITY; WIND MEASUREMENT; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 33745799057     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002563     Document Type: Article

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