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INFRARED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE ZONAL WINDS VIKING LANDER SOLAR SPECTRA ABSORPTION SPECTRA ENCYCLOPEDIA atmosphere home page

    

Winds of Neptune


Source: Limaye, S.S., Sromovsky, L, A., 1991, Voyager observations of cloud motions, Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement, 96, 18,941-18,960.

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EXAMPLE STRUCTURE OF TEXT FILE

PlanetographicPlanetocentricU(m/sec)Uerr(m/sec)
latitudelatitude
-88.42-88.36-25.007.70
-87.70-87.62-29.0010.00
-74.37-73.85281.0812.34
-72.81-72.24243.6314.45
-72.13-71.55254.9914.20
-71.07-70.46261.779.84
-70.18-69.54239.7712.69
-69.16-68.49262.4935.06
-68.08-67.39195.6520.94
Note: The planetographic latitude is computed using R eq = 24764 km and R p = 24341.


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