Millimeter and Submillimeter Heterodyne Observations of Titan: The Vertical Profile of Carbon Monoxide in Its Stratosphere

Icarus

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-133

  Hidayat, T ^a   Marten, A ^a   Bezard B ^a   Gautier, D ^a   Owen, T ^b   Matthews, H E ^b   Paubert, G ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Institute de Radioastronomie Millimétrique IRAM Núcleo Central   (Spain)

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EID: 0000829303     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5908     Document Type: Article

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