Giant planets of our solar system : atmospheres, composition, and structure /
| Author / Creator: | Irwin, Patrick, 1966- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Berlin ; London : Springer, c2009. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 403 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8889078 |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Previous ed.: Berlin; London: Springer/Praxis, 2003. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 403 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783540851585 3540851585 9786612068645 6612068647 3540851577 9783540851578 |