Saturn eddy momentum fluxes and convection: First estimates from Cassini images

Icarus

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-492

  Del Genio, Anthony D ^a   Barbara, John M ^a   Ferrier, Joseph ^a   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^b   West, Robert A ^c   Vasavada, Ashwin R ^c   Spitale, Joseph ^d   Porco, Carolyn C ^d  

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

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Jovian planets; Meteorology; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447307166     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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