Vertical structure of Jupiter's troposphere from nonlinear simulations of long-lived vortices

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 184-201

  Legarreta, Jon ^a   Sánchez Lavega, Agustín ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atmospheres; dynamics; Jupiter; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149114931     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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