Temperature and composition of Saturn's polar hot spots and hexagon

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5859, 2008, Pages 79-81

  Fletcher, L N ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   Orton, G S ^b   Teanby, N A ^a   Achterberg, R K ^c   Bjoraker, G L ^c   Read, P L ^a   Simon Miller, A A ^c   Howett, C ^a   De Kok, R ^a   Bowles, N ^a   Calcutt, S B ^a   Hesman, B ^c   Flasar, F M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHINE;

CYCLONE; GAS; HEAT FLUX; HOT SPOT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; SATURN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; GAS ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 37849001831     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1149514     Document Type: Article

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