Transport of nonmethane hydrocarbons to Jupiter's troposphere by descent of smog particles

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 616-622

  Hunten, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; composition; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849094402     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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