Saturn atmospheric structure and dynamics

Saturn from Cassini-Huygens

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 113-159

  Genio, Anthony D Del ^a   Achterberg, Richard K ^b   Baines, Kevin H ^c   Flasar, F Michael ^d   Read, Peter L ^e   Sánchez Lavega, Agustín ^f   Showman, Adam P ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9217-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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