Uranus at equinox: Cloud morphology and dynamics

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 265-286

  Sromovsky, L A ^a   Fry, P M ^a   Hammel, H B ^b   Ahue, W M ^a   de Pater, I ^c   Rages, K A ^d   Showalter, M R ^d   van Dam, M A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749110488     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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