Retrievals of atmospheric variables on the gas giants from ground-based mid-infrared imaging

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-175

  Fletcher, L N ^a   Orton, G S ^a   Yanamandra Fisher, P ^a   Fisher, B M ^a   Parrish, P D ^a,b   Irwin, P G J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; composition; dynamics; Infrared observations; Jupiter; Saturn; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749088823     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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