Saturn's north polar cyclone and hexagon at depth revealed by Cassini/VIMS

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1671-1681

  Baines, Kevin H ^a   Momary, Thomas W ^a   Fletcher, Leigh N ^a   Showman, Adam P ^b   Roos Serote, Maarten ^c   Brown, Robert H ^b   Buratti, Bonnie J ^a   Clark, Roger N ^d   Nicholson, Philip D ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Cassini Huygens; Polar cyclone; Saturn; Saturn clouds; Visual infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS)

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ANTICYCLONIC VORTICES; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC; CASSINI-HUYGENS; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONIC STRUCTURES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-SPEED; HORIZONTAL WINDS; INFRARED MAPPING SPECTROMETER; MOIST CONVECTION; NORTH POLE; POLAR ENVIRONMENTS; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR WINTERS; ROSSBY WAVE; SIZE AND SHAPE; SOUTH POLE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL LIGHT; TIME CONDITION; VERTICAL SHEAR; VORTEX CENTERS; WAVE SPEED; WIND SHEARS;

CLOUDS; MAPPING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

POLES;

EID: 67349114749     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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