Spectroscopic measurements of vapor clouds due to oblique impacts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E8, 1998, Pages 19427-19441

  Sugita, Seiji ^a   Schultz, Peter H ^a   Adams, Marc A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032566387     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE02026     Document Type: Article

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