A strong high altitude narrow jet detected at Saturn's equator

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Garca Melendo, E ^a   Sanchez Lavega A ^b   Legarreta, J ^b   Perez Hoyos, S ^b   Hueso, R ^b  

^a Fundació Observatori Esteve Duran ^*  (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; GIANT PLANETS; HIGH ALTITUDE; IMAGING SCIENCE SUBSYSTEMS; SPEED DIFFERENCE; STRATOSPHERIC WINDS;

ALTITUDE; CLOUD; IMAGING METHOD; JET STREAM; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN; STRATOSPHERE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 78649508614     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045434     Document Type: Article

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