Probing Titan's lower atmosphere with acousto-optic tuning

Icarus

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 150-163

  Chanover, N J ^a   Anderson, C M ^a   MacKay, C P ^b   Rannou, P ^c   Glenar, D A ^d   Hillman, J J ^e   Blass, W E ^f  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, structure; Instrumentation; Radiative transfer; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038519213     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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