Thermal Structure and Para Hydrogen Fraction on the Outer Planets fromVoyagerIRIS Measurements

Icarus

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 501-517

  Conrath, Barney J ^a   Gierasch, Peter J ^a   Ustinov, Eugene A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0000143973     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.6000     Document Type: Article

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