Jupiter's White Oval turns red

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 558-562

  Simon Miller, Amy A ^a   Chanover, Nancy J ^b   Orton, Glenn S ^c   Sussman, Michael ^b   Tsavaris, Irene G ^d   Karkoschka, Erich ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Jupiter, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751120383     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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