On the vertical thermal structure of Pluto's atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 266-289

  Strobel, Darrell F ^a   Zhu, Xun ^a   Summers, Michael E ^b   Stevens, Michael H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0030121994     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0050     Document Type: Article

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