Gravitational signature of Jupiter's internal dynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kaspi, Yohai ^a   Hubbard, William B ^b   Showman, Adam P ^b   Flierl, Glenn R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE ANALYSIS; DYNAMICAL MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY FIELD; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; JUPITERS; SOLID-BODY ROTATION; SPACE MISSIONS; THERMAL WINDS; WIND STRUCTURE;

GRAVITATION; WIND;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; IMAGE RESOLUTION; JUPITER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SPACE TECHNOLOGY; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 75749101747     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041385     Document Type: Article

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