Estimates of the tropospheric vertical structure of Neptune based on microwave radiative transfer studies

Icarus

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 324-335

  DeBoer, David R ^a   Steffes, Paul G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0030268392     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0161     Document Type: Article

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