The distribution of sulfur dioxide and other infrared absorbers on the surface of Io

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2479-2482

  Carlson, R W ^a   Smythe, W D ^a   Lopes Gautier, R M C ^a   Davies, A G ^a   Kamp, L W ^a   Mosher, J A ^a   Soderblom, L A ^b   Leader, F E ^c   Mehlman, R ^c   Clark, R N ^b,e   Fanale, F P ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

IO SULFUR DIOXIDE DISTRIBUTION; NEAR INFRARED MAPPING SPECTROMETER (NIMS);

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

INFRARED MAPPING SPECTROMETER; IO; JOVIAN SATELLITE; SULPHUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0031252031     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02609     Document Type: Article

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