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Giant Planets of Our Solar System: Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure

Giant Planets of Our Solar System: Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure

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Astronomy & SpacePhysics

ISBN10: 3642098886
ISBN13: 9783642098888
Publisher: Springer
Published: Nov 25 2010
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.70
Language: English

This book reviews the current state of knowledge of the atmospheres of the giant gaseous planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The current theories of their formation are reviewed and their recently observed temperature, composition and cloud structures are contrasted and compared with simple thermodynamic, radiative transfer and dynamical models. The instruments and techniques that have been used to remotely measure their atmospheric properties are also reviewed, and the likely development of outer planet observations over the next two decades is outlined.

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