Overview: Contains in one handy volume, for the first time, all the latest data and background information on gas giant planets.- Clearly explains all specialist terms used when they are first introduced, especThis 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
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