Cloud features and zonal wind measurements of saturn's atmosphere as observed by Cassini/VIMS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Choi, D S ^a   Showman, A P ^a   Brown, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; JET STREAM; MAPPING METHOD; SATURN; WIND MEASUREMENT; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 67650482752     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003254     Document Type: Article

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