Saturn's south polar vortex compared to other large vortices in the Solar System

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 240-248

  Dyudina, Ulyana A ^a   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^a   Ewald, Shawn P ^a   Vasavada, Ashwin R ^b   West, Robert A ^b   Baines, Kevin H ^b   Momary, Thomas W ^b   Del Genio, Anthony D ^c   Barbara, John M ^c   Porco, Carolyn C ^d   Achterberg, Richard K ^e   Flasar, F Michael ^e   Simon Miller, Amy A ^e   Fletcher, Leigh N ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Infrared observations; Meteorology; Saturn; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349230624     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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