New millimeter heterodyne observations of Titan: Vertical distributions of nitriles HCN, HC3N, CH3CN, and the isotopic ratio 15N/14N in its atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 532-544

  Marten, A ^a   Hidayat, T ^b   Biraud, Y ^a   Moreno, R ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c IRAM   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Composition; Radio observations; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036696746     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6897     Document Type: Article

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