Observations of CH4, C2H6, and C2H2in the Stratosphere of Jupiter

Icarus

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-201

  Sada, Pedro V ^a   Bjoraker, Gordon L ^a   Jennings, Donald E ^a   McCabe, George H ^a   Romani, Paul N ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ETHANE; METHANE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

ACETYLENE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ETHANE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; JUPITER; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032400592     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.6021     Document Type: Article

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