Further seasonal changes in Uranus' cloud structure observed by Gemini-North and UKIRT

Icarus

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-55

  Irwin, P G J ^a   Teanby, N A ^b   Davis, G R ^c   Fletcher, L N ^a   Orton, G S ^d   Calcutt, S B ^a   Tice, D S ^a   Hurley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Composition; Radiative transfer; Uranus, Atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855801392     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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