More microwave observations of saturn: Modelling the ring with a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 132-160

  Dunn, David E ^a   Molnar, Lawrence A ^b   Fix, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics (Saturn); Planetary rings (Saturn); Radiative transfer; Radio observations; Saturn's atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036853774     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6956     Document Type: Article

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