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11 - The Global Atmospheric Circulation of Saturn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2018

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Adam P. Showman ,
Andrew P. Ingersoll ,
Richard Achterberg  and
Yohai Kaspi
Edited by
Kevin H. Baines ,
F. Michael Flasar ,
Norbert Krupp  and
Tom Stallard
Kevin H. Baines
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
F. Michael Flasar
Affiliation:
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Norbert Krupp
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Göttingen
Tom Stallard
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
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Saturn in the 21st Century , pp. 295 - 336
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