Stellar Occultation Observations of Saturn's North-Polar Temperature Structure

Icarus

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 298-310

  Cooray, A R ^a   Elliot, J L ^a   Bosh, A S ^b   Young, L A ^c   Shure, M A ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039413667     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5901     Document Type: Article

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