Books and Resources

Planetary Atmospheres Introductions:

• Imke de Pater and Jack Lissauer, Planetary Sciences, Cambridge University Press, particularly Chapter 4 on planetary atmospheres
• Agustin Sanchez-Lavega, An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres, CRC Press (Taylor and Francis)
• Hanel, Conrath, Jennings and Samuelson, Exploration of the Solar System by Infrared Remote Sensing, Cambridge University Press.

Atmospheric Physics:

• David Andrews, An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics, Cambridge University Press
• John Houghton, The Physics of Atmospheres, Cambridge University Press
• John Holton, An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Academic Press.

Planet-Specific Texts:

• Patrick Irwin, Giant Planets of our Solar System, Praxis
• Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere, by Fran Bagenal, Timothy Dowling, William McKinnon, Cambridge University Press 2004.
• Saturn from Cassini-Huygens, by Dougherty, Esposito, Krimigis, Springer 2009.
• Saturn in the 21st Century, by Baines, Flasar, Krupp and Stallard