The jovian anticyclone BA. I. Motions and interaction with the GRS from observations and non-linear simulations

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 486-498

  Garcia Melendo E ^a   Legarreta, J ^b   Sanchez Lavega A ^b   Hueso, R ^b   Perez Hoyos S ^b   Gonzalez J ^b   Gomez Forrellad J M ^a  

^a Esteve Duran Observatory Foundation   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Jupiter, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949099539     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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