On the latitudinal distribution of Titan's haze at the Voyager epoch

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 526-534

  Negrao A ^a,b   Roos Serote, M ^c   Rannou, P ^d   Rages, K ^e   Lourenco B ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Tapada da Ajuda   (Portugal)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Haze; Imaging; Titan; Voyager

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPACITY; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT;

HAZE; PHASE ANGLE IMAGES; TITAN; VOYAGER;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 15844397628     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.08.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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