Giant planets of our solar system atmospheres, composition, and structure /

Reviews the state of knowledge of the atmospheres of the giant gaseous planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. This work reviews the theories of their formation and contrasts their observed temperature, composition and cloud structures and compares with simple thermodynamic, radiative transfe...

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Main Author: Irwin, Patrick, 1966-
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; London : Springer, ©2009.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 403 pages) : illustrations.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences.
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