The deep wind structure of the giant planets: Results from an anelastic general circulation model

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 525-542

  Kaspi, Yohai ^a   Flierl, Glenn R ^a   Showman, Adam P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; interior; Jovian planets; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649964280     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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