High-phase-angle observations of Uranus at 2650 Å: Haze structure and particle properties

Icarus

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 508-522

  Pryor, Wayne R ^a   West, Robert A ^b   Simmons, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031161469     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5706     Document Type: Article

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