Comment on "Transport of nonmethane hydrocarbons to Jupiter's troposphere by descent of smog particles" by Donald M. Hunten [Icarus 194 (2008) 616-622]

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Wong, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmosphere; atmospheres; Atmospheres; chemistry; composition; Jupiter; Organic chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349163519     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.08.017     Document Type: Note

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