Jupiter's polar clouds and waves from Cassini and HST images: 1993-2006

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-185

  Barrado Izagirre, N ^a   Sanchez Lavega A ^a   Perez Hoyos S ^a   Hueso, R ^a  

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

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Jupiter; Radiative transfer; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149143061     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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