Laboratory Measurements of Phosphine's Microwave Opacity: Implications for Planetary Radio Science

Icarus

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 235-238

  Hoffman, James P ^a   Steffes, Paul G ^a   DeBoer, David R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; Atmospheres; Composition; Jovian planets; Radio observations; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042296132     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6158     Document Type: Article

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