Giant planets of our solar system : atmospheres, composition, and structure / Patrick Irwin.
Giant planets of our solar system : atmospheres, composition, and structure / Patrick Irwin.
Giant planets of our solar system : atmospheres, composition, and structure / Patrick Irwin.
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London ; New York : Springer, c2003.
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N523.45/7
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English
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361 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Formation of the giant planets -- 3. Evolution processes in outer planet atmospheres -- 4. Vertical structure of temperature, composition, and clouds -- 5. Dynamical processes -- 6. Radiative transfer processes in outer planetary atmospheres -- 7. Sources of remotely sensed dat...
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London ; New York : Springer, c2003.
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England
Date Published
c2003.
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"Drawing from all relevant areas of scientific research and knowledge, Giant Planets of Our Solar System provides a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge about the atmospheres, composition and structure of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the largest planetary bodies in the Solar System. Whilst acknowledging that scientific opi...
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Giant planets of our solar system : atmospheres, composition, and structure / Patrick Irwin.
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Springer-Praxis books in geophysical sciences.
Includes bibliographical references.
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c2003.
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N523.45/7
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74Vv5PMME6Mg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5PMME6Mg
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ISBN
3540006818 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9783540006817 (acid-free paper)
3540006818 (acid-free paper)
9783540006817 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
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523.45
523.4
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991017606109702626
