Depth of a strong jovian jet from a planetary-scale disturbance driven by storms

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7177, 2008, Pages 437-440

  Sanchez Lavega A ^a   Orton, G S ^b   Hueso, R ^a   Garcia Melendo E ^c   Perez Hoyos S ^a   Simon Miller, A ^d   Rojas, J F ^a   Gomez J M ^c   Yanamandra Fisher, P ^b   Fletcher, L ^e   Joels, J ^f   Kemerer, J ^g   Hora, J ^h   Karkoschka, E ⁱ   De Pater, I ^j   Wong, M H ^j   Marcus, P S ^k   Pinilla Alonso, N ^l   Carvalho, F ^m   Go, C ⁿ   Parker, D ^o   Salway, M ^p   Valimberti, M ^q   Wesley, A ^r   Pujic, Z ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Esteve Duran Observatory Foundation   (Spain)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Principia College   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l FUNDACIÓN GALILEO GALILEI INAF   (Spain)

^m Centro de Estudos Do Universo (CEU)   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

^o Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO)   (United States)

^p IceInSpace   (Australia)

^q Outdoor Lighting Improvement Section   (Australia)

^r Mathematics and Computer Science   (Australia)

^s Mathematics and Computer Science ^*  (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DISTURBANCE; HEAT SOURCE; JET; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN; SOLAR RADIATION; STORM; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; LATITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND;

EID: 38549086266     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06533     Document Type: Article

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