Io's thermal anomalies: Clues to their origins from comparison of ground based observations between 1 and 20 μm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2459-2462

  Blaney, Diana L ^a   Veeder, Glenn J ^a   Matson, Dennis L ^a   Johnson, Torrence V ^a   Goguen, Jay D ^a   Spencer, John R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOMETRY; RADIOMETRY; SPACE PROBES; VOLCANOES;

IO THERMAL EMISSION;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

IO; JOVIAN SATELLITE; THERMAL EMISSION;

EID: 0031252064     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02509     Document Type: Article

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