Saturn atmospheric dynamics one year after Cassini: Long-lived features and time variations in the drift of the Hexagon

@article{Hueso2020SaturnAD,
  title={Saturn atmospheric dynamics one year after Cassini: Long-lived features and time variations in the drift of the Hexagon},
  author={Ricardo Hueso and Agust'in S'anchez-Lavega and J. F. Rojas and Amy A. Simon and T L Barry and Teresa del R'io-Gaztelurrutia and Arrate Antu{\~n}ano and Kunio M. Sayanagi and Marc Delcroix and Leigh N. Fletcher and Enrique Garc'ia-Melendo and Santiago P'erez-Hoyos and John J. Blalock and Florent Colas and J. M. G'omez-Forrellad and Jacob L. Gunnarson and Damian A. Peach and M. H. Wong},
  journal={Icarus},
  year={2020},
  volume={336},
  pages={113429}
}
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