Millimeter spectroscopy of Uranus and Neptune: Constraints on CO and PH3 tropospheric abundances

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 616-624

  Encrenaz, Th ^a   Serabyn, E ^b   Weisstein, E W ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0030527257     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0235     Document Type: Article

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