The Temperature-Dependent Spectra of α and β Nitrogen Ice with Application to Triton

Icarus

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 254-258

  Grundy, W M ^a   Schmitt, B ^b   Quirico, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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EID: 0001668940     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1993.1122     Document Type: Article

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