ISO-SWS Observations of Jupiter: Measurement of the Ammonia Tropospheric Profile and of the 15N/14N Isotopic Ratio

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-243

  Fouchet, Thierry ^a   Lellouch, Emmanuel ^a   Bézard, Bruno ^a   Encrenaz, Thérèse ^a   Drossart, Pierre ^a   Feuchtgruber, Helmut ^b   De Graauw, Thijs ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheres; Composition; Infrared observations; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001195306     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6255     Document Type: Article

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