Saturns rotation period from its atmospheric planetary-wave configuration

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7255, 2009, Pages 608-610

  Read, P L ^a   Dowling, T E ^b   Schubert, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; PLANETARY ROTATION; PLANETARY WAVE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SATURN; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 68149180935     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08194     Document Type: Article

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