Structure of Saturn's mesosphere from the 28 Sgr occultations

Icarus

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 404-425

  Hubbard, W B ^a   Porco, C C ^a   Hunten, D M ^a   Rieke, G H ^a   Rieke, M J ^a   McCarthy, D W ^a   Haemmerle, V ^a   Haller, J ^a   McLeod, B ^a   Lebofsky, L A ^a   Marcialis, R ^a   Holberg, J B ^a   Landau, R ^b   Carrasco, L ^b,k   Elias, J ^c,l   Buie, M W ^d   Dunham, E W ^d   Persson, S E ^e   Boroson, T ^e,l   West, S ^e   French, R G ^f   Harrington, J ^g,m   Elliot, J L ^g   Forrest, W J ^h   Pipher, J L ^h   Stover, R J ⁱ   Brahic, A ^j   Grenier, I ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Observ Astron Nac de S Pedro M   (Mexico)

^c CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^f WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

ⁱ University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^l NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^m NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031541414     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5839     Document Type: Article

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