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Science 4 February 2005:
Vol. 307. no. 5710, pp. 696 - 698
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105730
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Saturn's Temperature Field from High-Resolution Middle-Infrared Imaging

G. S. Orton and P. A. Yanamandra-Fisher

Saturn was imaged between 8 and 24.5 micrometers at ~3000-kilometer resolution with the Keck I Telescope. Saturn's atmosphere has zonal temperature bands, which are mostly uncorrelated with visible cloud reflectivity, strong 100-millibar zonal temperature oscillations near 32°S, a warm south polar cap, and a compact hot point within 3° of the south pole.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 169-237, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

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