Hydrogen dimer features in the 2-μm spectra of saturn and neptune

Icarus

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 544-548

  Trafton, Laurence M ^a   Kim, Sang J ^b   Geballe, Thomas R ^c   Miller, Steven ^d  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031539957     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5825     Document Type: Article

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