The thermal structure of Triton's atmosphere: Results from the 1993 and 1995 occultations

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 178-201

  Olkin, C B ^a,b   Elliot, J L ^a,b   Hammel, H B ^a   Cooray, A R ^a   McDonald, S W ^a   Foust, J A ^a   Bosh, A S ^b   Buie, M W ^b   Millis, R L ^b   Wasserman, L H ^b   Dunham, E W ^b,c   Young, L A ^c,j   Howell, R R ^d   Hubbard, W B ^e   Hill, R ^e   Marcialis, R L ^e,f   McDonald, J S ^g   Rank, D M ^h   Holbrook, J C ^h   Reitsema, H J ⁱ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^g SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

ⁱ BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^j Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 0031234566     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5757     Document Type: Article

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