Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy of Io's Pele Plume and SO2 Atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 476-493

  McGrath, Melissa A ^a   Belton, Michael J S ^b   Spencer, John R ^c   Sartoretti, Paola ^d  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Abundances; Atmospheres; Io; Satellites of Jupiter; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001100075     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6412     Document Type: Article

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