Millimeter and submillimeter heterodyne observations of Titan: Retrieval of the vertical profile of HCN and the12C/13C ratio

Icarus

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 170-182

  Hidayat, T ^a   Marten, A ^a   Bezard B ^a   Gautier, D ^a   Owen, T ^b   Matthews, H E ^b   Paubert, G ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Inst de Radio Astron Millimetrique   (Spain)

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EID: 0031093720     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5640     Document Type: Article

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