Search for NH3 in Jupiter's stratosphere ten months after SL9's collision

Icarus

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-339

  Bézard, Bruno ^a   Griffith, Caitlin A ^b   Kelly, Douglas M ^c,d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0031068914     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5615     Document Type: Article

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