Long-term variations in the microwave brightness temperature of the Uranus atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 170-180

  Klein, M J ^a   Hofstadter, M D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Radio observations; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747292526     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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