The H Lyman-α emission line from the upper atmosphere of Jupiter: Parametric radiative transfer study and comparison with data

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 504-527

  Ben Jaffel, L ^a   Kim, Y J ^b   Clarke, J ^c  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Hubble Space Telescope observations; Jupiter; Radiative transfer; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548644414     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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