Constraints on deep-seated zonal winds inside Jupiter and Saturn

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 653-664

  Liu, Junjun ^a   Goldreich, Peter M ^b   Stevenson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; dynamics; Interiors; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149104130     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.036     Document Type: Article

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